Babakhani, Aydin2019-05-172019-05-172017-052018-04-19May 2017Aggrawal, Himanshu. "Design & Applications of Silicon-Based Picosecond Pulse Systems." (2018) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/105613">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/105613</a>.https://hdl.handle.net/1911/105613Terahertz waves, which occupy the band from 0.1 mm to 1 mm, are unique in the spectrum because of their potential applications in secure communications, automotive radar, spectroscopy and medical imaging. Despite the interest in using terahertz waves, we currently lack the underlying hardware platform to build upon. Currently, the only way to sample a picosecond signal is via photoconductive detection with a femtosecond laser and a PCA (photo-conductive antenna). Such systems require an expensive laser, sensitive optical alignment, and a mechanical delay line to scan the sampling time, thus limiting the beneficiaries to a limited number of research laboratories and universities. My research investigates and builds next generation of THz receivers and samplers with few picosecond sampling window based on the integrated circuit technology. The goal is to implement laser-free, fully electronic samplers to sub-sample Terahertz signal.application/pdfengCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.TerahertzPicosecond PulseThesis2019-05-17