平面天线在场效应晶体管太赫兹探测器中的应用

王晓东; 颜伟; 李兆峰; 张博文; 黄镇; 杨富华

doi:10.3788/CO.20201301.0001

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WANG Xiao-Dong, YAN Wei, LI Zhao-feng, ZHANG Bo-wen, HUANG Zhen, YANG Fu-hua. Application of planar antenna in field-effect transistor terahertz detectors[J]. Chinese Optics, 2020, 13(1): 1-13. doi: 10.3788/CO.20201301.0001

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WANG Xiao-Dong, YAN Wei, LI Zhao-feng, ZHANG Bo-wen, HUANG Zhen, YANG Fu-hua. Application of planar antenna in field-effect transistor terahertz detectors[J]. Chinese Optics, 2020, 13(1): 1-13. doi: 10.3788/CO.20201301.0001

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Application of planar antenna in field-effect transistor terahertz detectors

doi: 10.3788/CO.20201301.0001

WANG Xiao-Dong^{1, 3
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YAN Wei^{1
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LI Zhao-feng^{1, 2, 3
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ZHANG Bo-wen^{1, 2},
HUANG Zhen^{1, 2
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YANG Fu-hua^{1, 2, 3, 4}

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Engineering Research Center for Semiconductor Integrated Technology, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
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Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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School of Microelectronics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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State Key Laboratory of Superlattices and Microstructures, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China

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Supported by National Key Research and Development Fund No. 2016YFA02005003

Natural Science Foundation of China No. 61474115

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Corresponding author: YAN Wei, E-mail:yanwei@semi.ac.cn; LI Zhao-feng E-mail:lizhaofeng@semi.ac.cn; HUANG Zhen E-mail:zhenhuang@semi.ac.cn
Received Date: 11 Apr 2019
Rev Recd Date: 08 Jun 2019
Publish Date: 01 Feb 2020

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In order to improve the responsivity and reduce the noise equivalent power of Field-Effect Transistor (FET) THz detectors, a suitable planar antenna structure is necessary.In this paper, we investigate the research progress of FET THz detectors integrated with planar antenna structures. Firstly, we analyze the working principle of FET THz detectors and clarify that an integrated planar antenna could effectively improve the detector's performance by enhancing its coupling efficiency with terahertz waves. Secondly, we present some typical planar antennas and discuss their pros and cons. These include the dipole antenna, the patch antenna, the slot antenna, the grating-gate, and others, which are each compared with respect to responsivity for the detectors. Finally, we find that the responsivity of the FET THz detectors can be greatly improved when applying planar antenna structure and that each type of antennas contributes uniquely. This work introduces several planar antennas integrated into FET THz detectors, including the performance and research progress of various antennas.Some existing problems are described and some predictions of the future development trends for this technology are summarized.
- FET THz detectors,
- planar antenna,
- grating-gate,
- responsivity,
- noise equivalent power

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