Terahertz device A1 includes first resin layer 21, columnar conductor 31, wiring layer 32, terahertz element 11, second resin layer 22, and external electrode 40. Resin layer 21 includes first resin layer obverse face 211 and first resin layer reverse face 212. Columnar conductor 31 includes first conductor obverse face 311 and first conductor reverse face 312, penetrating first resin layer 21 in z-direction. Wiring layer 32 spans between first resin layer obverse face 221 and first conductor obverse face 311. Terahertz element 11 includes element obverse face 111 and element reverse face 112, and converts between terahertz wave and electric energy. Second resin layer 22 includes second resin layer obverse face 221 and second resin layer reverse face 222, and covers wiring layer 32 and terahertz element 11. External electrode 40, disposed offset in a direction first resin layer reverse face 222 faces with respect to first resin layer 32, is electrically connected to columnar conductor 31. Terahertz element 11 is conductively bonded to wiring layer 32.

A method employs a device with a heterostructure as a resonator for electrons of an electrical circuit or for a terahertz electromagnetic wave. The heterostructure comprises at least one dielectric layer and at least one ferroelectric layer. The at least one ferroelectric layer comprises a plurality of ferroelectric polarization domains. The plurality of ferroelectric polarization domains forms a polarization pattern. The polarization pattern is adapted to perform an oscillation with a resonance frequency in a terahertz frequency range. The method comprises functionally coupling the oscillation of the polarization pattern and an oscillation of the electrons of the electrical circuit or of the terahertz electromagnetic wave by the device.

In an electromagnetic wave generation device including a plurality of electromagnetic wave generation elements, an instantaneous maximum power consumption during an electromagnetic wave generation operation is reduced. Specifically, the electromagnetic wave generation device includes a plurality of electromagnetic wave generation elements that are divided into a plurality of groups, and a control unit that causes the plurality of electromagnetic wave generation elements to oscillate while shifting a timing in units of group. For example, the control unit causes the plurality of electromagnetic wave generation elements to oscillate such that when the number of the plurality of groups is n, an oscillation start timing of the group that performs mth oscillation (m is a natural number equal to or larger than 2 and equal to or smaller than n) is the same timing as or after an oscillation end timing of the group that performs (m−1)th oscillation.

Terahertz device includes first resin layer, columnar conductor, wiring layer, terahertz element, second resin layer, and external electrode. Resin layer includes first resin layer obverse face and first resin layer reverse face. Columnar conductor includes first conductor obverse face and first conductor reverse face, penetrating first resin layer in z-direction. Wiring layer spans between first resin layer obverse face and first conductor obverse face. The terahertz element includes element obverse face and element reverse face, and converts between terahertz wave and electric energy. Second resin layer includes second resin layer obverse face and second resin layer reverse face, and covers wiring layer and terahertz element. External electrode, disposed offset in a direction first resin layer reverse face faces with respect to first resin layer, is electrically connected to columnar conductor.

An illumination apparatus includes a case, a plurality of oscillators configured to generate electromagnetic waves, and housed in the case and arranged two-dimensionally, a window unit configured to emit therefrom the electromagnetic waves, and disposed on a first side of the case, a plurality of inflow holes configured to allow fluid to flow into the case, and disposed at positions at which the electromagnetic waves from the window unit propagate, and a discharging unit configured to discharge the fluid, which has flowed into the case, out of the case, and disposed on a second side of the case, which is an opposite side to the first side. When the oscillator is viewed from the window unit, a part of the oscillator is located on an inner side of the inflow hole, and the fluid which has flowed into the case through the inflow hole reaches the oscillator.

A small-size high-power terahertz oscillator achieves a stable oscillation in a terahertz frequency band even at room temperature. The high-power terahertz oscillator has a structure in which a bow-tie antenna is disposed on a substrate, a cavity resonator, which includes two cavities, is disposed at a power supply portion of the bow-tie antenna, and a resonant tunneling diode (RTD) is disposed along a bottom of a wall of the cavity resonator, which defines the two cavities, and stably oscillates waves in the terahertz frequency band at room temperature by using the RTD, the bow-tie antenna and the cavity resonator.

One aspect of the present disclosure provides a terahertz-wave detector including a semiconductor substrate, an active element formed on the semiconductor substrate and a first resistive portion electrically connected in parallel with the active element.

[Problem]

An object of the present invention is to provide a small-size high-power terahertz oscillator that achieves a stable oscillation in a terahertz frequency band even at a room temperature.

[Means for solving the problem]

The present invention is the high-power terahertz oscillator that has a structure in which a bow-tie antenna is disposed on a substrate, a cavity resonator which includes two cavities is disposed at a power supply portion of the bow-tie antenna and a RTD is disposed along a bottom of a wall of the cavity resonator which defines the two cavities, and stably oscillates waves in the terahertz frequency band at room temperature by using the RTD, the bow-tie antenna and the cavity resonator.

A device and method for terahertz signal generation are disclosed. Oscillators are arranged in a two-dimensional array, each oscillator connected to a corresponding antenna. Each oscillator is unidirectional connected to its adjacent oscillators by a phase shifter. A method for generating a steerable terahertz signal utilizes an array of oscillators connected by corresponding phase shifters. A terahertz signal having a fundamental frequency is generated using the array. The phase shift of one or more of the phase shifters is varied in order to vary the fundamental frequency and/or steer the signal generated by the array.

A terahertz device includes a terahertz element, a sealing resin, a wiring layer and a frame-shaped member. The terahertz element that performs conversion between terahertz waves and electric energy. The terahertz element has an element front surface and an element back surface spaced apart from each other in a first direction. The sealing resin covers the terahertz element. The wiring layer is electrically connected to the terahertz element. A frame-shaped member is made of a conductive material and arranged around the terahertz element as viewed in the first direction. The frame-shaped member has a reflective surface capable of reflecting the terahertz waves.