Generation and detection of Terahertz radiation by field effect transistors Auteur(s): Dyakonov M. (Article) Publié: Comptes Rendus Physique, vol. 11 p.413-420 (2010) Texte intégral en Openaccess : Ref HAL: hal-00804707_v1 DOI: 10.1016/j.crhy.2010.05.003 WoS: 000284498500002 Exporter : BibTex | endNote 43 Citations Résumé: This is an overview of the main physical ideas for application of field effect transistors for generation and detection of Terahertz radiation. Resonant frequencies of the two-dimensional plasma oscillations in FETs increase with the reduction of the channel dimensions and reach the THz range for sub-micron gate lengths. When the mobility is high enough, the dynamics of a short channel FET at THz frequencies is dominated by plasma waves. This may result, on the one hand, in a spontaneous generation of plasma waves by a dc current and on the other hand, in a resonant response to the incoming radiation. In the opposite case, when plasma oscillations are overdamped, the FET can operate as an efficient broadband THz detector. |