[6a-PA3-1~23] 3.9 Terahertz technologies

[6a-PA3-4] Phase Instability of a Terahertz Resonant Tunneling Diode Oscillator

〇Takashi Arikawa¹, Kazuki Goto¹, Jaeyoung Kim², Toshikazu Mukai², Koichiro Tanaka^1,3 (1.Kyoto Univ., 2.Rohm Co.,Ltd., 3.Kyoto Univ. iCeMS)

Keywords:Resonant Tunneling Diode, Terahertz

Resonant tunneling diode (RTD) is a compact, semiconductor-based, continuous terahertz light source with exccelent properties such as low power consumption and room temperature oscillation. To make RTDs much more functional as terahertz devices, it is important to make full use of the phase information as well as the intensity information. In this study, we used Fabry-Perot interferometer to investigate the phase instability of a terahertz RTD.