Generation of millimetre and sub-millimetre waves by photomixing in 1.55 μm wavelength photodiode

被引:48
作者
Huggard, PG [1 ]
Ellison, BN
Shen, P
Gomes, NJ
Davies, PA
Shillue, W
Vaccari, A
Payne, JM
机构
[1] Rutherford Appleton Lab, Didcot OX11 0QX, Oxon, England
[2] Univ Kent, Dept Elect, Canterbury CT2 7NT, Kent, England
[3] NRAO, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
基金
英国自然环境研究理事会;
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D O I
10.1049/el:20020202
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A 70 GHz bandwidth commercial photodiode has been used to create a photomixer source of radiation at frequencies from 70 GHz to above 600 GHz. The waveguide source is driven by two 1.55 μm lasers and delivers a peak, nonsaturated, power of -7.5 dBm at 110 GHz with a power conversion efficiency above 1%. Detected power decreases approximately as 1/(frequency)4 above 150 GHz.
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页码:327 / 328
页数:2
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