A terahertz excitation source based on a dual-lateral-mode distributed Bragg reflector(DBR) laser working in the 1.5 μm range is experimentally demonstrated. By optimizing the width of the ridge waveguide, the fundamental and the first-order lateral modes are obtained from the laser. The mode spacing between the two modes is9.68 nm, corresponding to a beat signal of 1.21 THz. By tuning the bias currents of the phase and DBR sections,the wavelengths of the two modes can be tuned by 2 nm, with a small strength difference(<5 dB) and a large side-mode suppression ratio(SMSR > 45 dB).
Broadband terahertz(THz) atmospheric transmission characteristics from 0 to 8 THz are theoretically simulated based on a standard Van Vleck–Weisskopf line shape, considering 1696 water absorption lines and 298 oxygen absorption lines.The influences of humidity, temperature, and pressure on the THz atmospheric absorption are analyzed and experimentally verified with a Fourier transform infrared spectrometer(FTIR) system, showing good consistency. The investigation and evaluation on high-frequency atmospheric windows are good supplements to existing data in the low-frequency range and lay the foundation for aircraft-based high-altitude applications of THz communication and radar.
A face-to-face system of double-layer three-dimensional arrays of H-shaped plasmonic crystals is proposed, and its transmission and filtering properties are investigated in the terahertz regime. Simulation results show that our design has excellent filtering properties. It has an ultra-wide bandgap and passband with steep band-edges, and the transmittance of the passband and the forbidden band are very close to I and 0, respectively. As the distance between the two face-to-face plates increases, the resonance frequency exhibits a gradual blueshift from 0.88 THz to 1.30 THz. Therefore, we can dynamically control the bandwidths of bandgap and passband by adding a piezoelectric ceramic plate between the two crystal plates. Furthermore, the dispersion relations of modes and electric field distributions are presented to analyze the generation mechanisms of bandgaps and to explain the location of bandgaps and the frequency shift phenomenon. Due to the fact that our design can provide many resonant modes, the bandwidth of the bandgaps can be greatly broadened. This paper can serve as a valuable reference for the design of terahertz functional devices and three-dimensional terahertz metamaterials.
本文设计了一种柔性,非定向低散射的1bit编码超表面,实现了太赫兹宽频带雷达散射截面的缩减.这种设计基于对"0"和"1"两种基本单元进行编码,其反射相位差在很宽的频段范围内接近180?,为一种非周期的排列方式,该电磁超表面使入射的电磁波发生漫反射,从而实现雷达散射截面的缩减.全波仿真结果表明,在垂直入射条件下,编码超表面的镜像反射率低于-10 d B的带宽频段范围为1.0—1.4 THz,该带宽内超表面相对同尺寸金属板可将雷达散射截面所减量达到10 d B以上,最大缩减量达到19 d B.把柔性编码表面弯曲在直径为4 mm的金属圆柱面上,雷达散射截面的所减量高于10 d B以上的带宽频段范围为0.9—1.2 THz,仍然可实现宽频带缩减特性.总之,编码超表面为调控太赫兹波提供一种新的途径,将在雷达隐身、成像、宽带通信等方面具有重要的意义.
