SBIR/STTR Research Award
Terahertz Backward-Wave Oscillator with Photonic Crystal Waveguide Circuit
Award amount
$99,998Program and phase
STTR · Phase IAward year
2005Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- Terahertz Device Corp.
- Proposal award date
- 2005-08-11
- Contract end date
- 2006-05-11
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- AF05-T020
Research abstract
The proposed work addresses an opportunity to develop a portable, tunable backward wave oscillator (BWO) for room temperature generation of terahertz radiation. The approach combines microfabricated photonic crystal waveguide circuits with state-of-the-art electron guns to achieve the efficiency needed for portability. The initial devices will target the 1 to 2 THz range, though the approach can be applied to frequencies from 300 GHz to 3 THz.
Technology keywords
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