THz-wave multilevel frequency modulation by a single wavelength-tunable laser

Abstract

Photomixing is one of the promising THz-wave generation methods. A conventional photomixing system with two lasers results in increasing the volume and power consumption of the system. For downsizing the system and reducing its power consumption, we have previously proposed a method to generate a THz-wave by a single wavelength-tunable laser. This technique can generate a quasi-continuous THz wave as well as a pulsed THz wave, based on which we are studying toward pulse frequency-amplitude modulation as a multi-level modulation method. In this paper, we have successfully generated a THz wave with frequency modulation between 286 GHz and 322 GHz by a single wavelength-tunable laser.