Broadband tapered slot antennas monolithically integrated on ion damaged silicon‐on‐sapphire substrates are driven by picosecond photoconductivity to generate and detect millimeter waves. The time‐dependent electromagnetic impulse response of these transceivers is modeled by relating the antenna structure and the shape of the exciting pulse. The far‐field response is observed to consist of a traveling‐wave component and a standing‐wave component, which is also predicted by the model.

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