Design and Realization Aspects of 1-THz Cascade Backward Wave Amplifier Based on Double Corrugated Waveguide

Claudio Paoloni, Aldo Di Carlo, Fayçal Bouamrane, Thomas Bouvet, Alain J. Durand, Mikko Kotiranta, Viktor Krozer, Stephan Megtert, Mauro Mineo, Vitaliy Zhurbenko

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    Abstract

    The design and fabrication challenges in the first ever attempt to realize a 1-THz vacuum tube amplifier are described. Implementation of innovative solutions including a slow-wave structure in the form of a double corrugated waveguide, lateral tapered input and output couplers, deep X-ray LIGA fabrication process, and a cascade architecture of the backward wave amplifier are discussed. New knowledge in the field of terahertz vacuum devices brought by intensive simulations and development of advanced fabrication and assembly processes of the micro-structures is highlighted.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalI E E E Transactions on Electron Devices
    Volume60
    Issue number3
    Pages (from-to)1236-1243
    ISSN0018-9383
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2013

    Keywords

    • Cascade backward wave amplifier
    • Double corrugated waveguide
    • Optically driven terahertz amplifier (OPTHER)
    • Terahertz

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