Terahertz semiconductor devices and their applications——In memory of Hui-Chun Liu

CAO Jun-Cheng; LEI Xiao-Lin; HU Qing; ZHANG Chao; ZHANG Xi-Cheng

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CAO Jun-Cheng, LEI Xiao-Lin, HU Qing, ZHANG Chao, ZHANG Xi-Cheng. Terahertz semiconductor devices and their applications——In memory of Hui-Chun Liu[J]. PHYSICS, 2014, 43(08): 500-511. DOI: 10.7693/wl20140801

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Terahertz semiconductor devices and their applications——In memory of Hui-Chun Liu

(1 Key Laboratory of Terahertz Solid-State Technology,Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Shanghai 200050, China)
(2 Department of Physics and Astronomy,Shanghai Jiao Tong University,Shanghai 200030,China)
(3 Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Research Laboratory of Electronics,Massachusetts Institute of Technology,Cambridge,Massachusetts 02139,USA)
(4 School of Engineering Physics,University of Wollongong,Wollongong,New South Wales 2552,Australia)
(5 Institute of Optics,University of Rochester,Rochester,New York 14627,USA)

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Received Date: April 22, 2014
Published Date: August 11, 2014

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The authors dedicate this paper to the memory of Hui-Chun Liu—the renowned physicist and world leader in the area of intersubband transitions in quantum wells and dots. We review the research on terahertz (THz) semiconductors and their applications which was carried out by the authors in collaboration with H. C. Liu. The past decade has seen a revolution in THz science and technology, and the potential of THz radiation for applications in a vast range of disciplines has been demonstrated. We report the latest progress in the development and application of THz semiconductor devices, including oscillators based on negative effective mass, sources based on semiconductors pumped by femtosecond lasers, quantum cascade lasers, quantum well photodetectors, and communication and imaging applications, all in the THz regime.
- terahertz (THz),
- semiconductor devices,
- THz sources,
- THz detectors,
- THz communication,
- THz imaging

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