Drude's description of the response of low-temperature gallium arsenide to optical pulse
excitation is used to evaluate the components of a time-domain Norton equivalent circuit of a …

Terahertz generation through photoconductive antenna (PCA) is quite popular mainly due to
the advancement of nanotechnology and material research. An extensive investigation of …

We review the advances of terahertz (THz) science and technology in biophotonics,
including related challenges and solutions. The main impediment to THz spectroscopy and …

This work presents the design and investigation of a terahertz pyramidal ultrawideband
(UWB) horn antenna featuring a metallic dual-ridged structure with dielectric superstrate …

In the circuit theory, the Norton and Thevenin equivalent generators are tools that simplify
the solutions of networks involving passive or active components. They have been …

Abstract We fabricated a ZrO 2/Al 2 O 3 ceramic using the 3D plasma spraying technology,
and the surface morphology and electrical properties of the prepared ceramic were …

Photoconductive antennas (PCAs) are promising candidates for sensing and imaging
applications. In recent years, our group has investigated their properties under pulsed laser …

In this study, we have theoretically designed a micro-structured photoconductive antenna
based on the combination of split-ring resonator (SRR) and dipole photoconductive …

We report on the terahertz emission improvement in GaAs-based photoconductive antennas
(PCA) with gold (Au) nanoparticles (NPs) on the PCA gap, patterned using anodic aluminum …

Equivalent circuit models (ECMs) are widely used to assess the photoconductive antennas
(PCAs) performances in terahertz (THz) systems. However, an existing version, which has …