Abstract Rectifying antennas are often prensented as a potentiel technological breakthrough for energy harvesting. First theorized in the 1970’s, the downsizing of an antenna coupled with a rectifier has become technologically achievable with the progresses of fabrication techniques such as electron beam or photolithography. However, reaching infrared or visible region of the electromagnetic spectra still entails challenges on the integration of a rectifier operating in the terahertz range. New bottom up approaches are likely to bring a promising solution to this issue. To improve our understanding of the key points of rectifying antennas’ design for the infrared and visible light, and the challenges of device fabrication, this work reviews the progresses of this technology, going back from the first historical RF energy harvesting systems and covering the most innovative trends to this date.

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用于从微波到可见光收集能量的整流天线：综述

摘要 整流天线通常被认为是能量收集的潜在技术突破。在 1970 年代首次提出理论，随着电子束或光刻等制造技术的进步，与整流器耦合的天线的小型化已在技术上实现。然而，到达电磁光谱的红外或可见区域仍然需要集成在太赫兹范围内运行的整流器的挑战。新的自下而上的方法可能会为这个问题带来一个有希望的解决方案。为了提高我们对红外和可见光整流天线设计关键点以及器件制造挑战的理解，这项工作回顾了该技术的进展，