High-Speed Devices and Circuits with THz Applications

1   Terahertz Technology Based on Nano-Electronic Devices

Yukio Kawano

CONTENTS

1.1   Introduction

1.2   THz Detector

1.2.1   Overview

1.2.1.1   Bolometric (Thermal) Detection

1.2.1.2   Wave Detection

1.2.1.3   Quantum Detection

1.2.1.4   Others

1.2.2   CNT-Based THz Detector

1.2.2.1   Photon-Assisted Tunneling in CNT

1.2.2.2   THz Photon Detection with CNT/2DEG Hybrid Device

1.3   THz Imaging

1.3.1   Solid Immersion Lens

1.3.2   Near-Field Imaging

1.3.2.1   Near-Field Imaging in the THz Region

1.3.2.2   Near-Field THz Imaging on One Chip

1.4   THz Application

1.4.1   Applications to Materials Researches

1.4.2   Applications to Semiconductor

1.4.2.1   Imaging Energy Dissipation in 2DEG

1.4.2.2   Separate Imaging of Ground and Excited Levels ...