The goal of this study was to establish conditions under which a magnetic-field-tunable InSb detector can be used to characterize the radiation spectrum of terahertz (THz) sources. The response of a bulk InSb detector to a monochromatic radiation with the frequency 0.1 < f < 4.6 THz was studied at liquid helium temperatures and magnetic fields B up to 5 T. A constant voltage (measurements of photocurrent) or a constant current (measurements of photoresistance) biasing condition was tested, and both signals were found to be strongly influenced by magnetoresistance of the detector. At THz, a photoresponse was observed in the whole range of B, which reflected a non-resonant absorption by free electrons and had no relation to cyclotron-resonance-related transitions. Resonant transitions developed gradually at THz and dominated the spectra only at THz. Thus, we show that only at this latter frequency range, the detector can be used for a spectral characterization of unknown sources. To avoid false interpretation of measured signals, a detector should be supplied with a 1-THz high-pass filter.
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14 February 2018
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February 14 2018
Indium antimonide detector for spectral characterization of terahertz sources
D. Yavorskiy;
D. Yavorskiy
1
Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw
, Pasteura 5, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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K. Karpierz;
K. Karpierz
1
Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw
, Pasteura 5, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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M. Grynberg;
M. Grynberg
a)
1
Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw
, Pasteura 5, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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W. Knap;
W. Knap
2
Université Montpellier, Laboratoire Charles Coulomb
, UMR5221, CNRS, Montpellier, France
3
Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of High Pressure Physics
, Sokołowska 29/37, 01-142 Warsaw, Poland
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J. Łusakowski
J. Łusakowski
b)
1
Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw
, Pasteura 5, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
b)Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: jerzy.lusakowski@fuw.edu.pl
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Deceased
b)Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: jerzy.lusakowski@fuw.edu.pl
J. Appl. Phys. 123, 064502 (2018)
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Received:
September 01 2017
Accepted:
January 20 2018
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D. Yavorskiy, K. Karpierz, M. Grynberg, W. Knap, J. Łusakowski; Indium antimonide detector for spectral characterization of terahertz sources. J. Appl. Phys. 14 February 2018; 123 (6): 064502. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5002765
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