W-band waveguide photomixer using a uni-traveling carrier photodiode with 2-mw output

被引:26
作者
Ueda, A [1 ]
Noguchi, T
Iwashita, H
Sekimoto, Y
Ishiguro, M
Takano, S
Nagatsuma, T
Ito, H
Hirata, A
Ishibashi, T
机构
[1] Natl Astron Observ, Tokyo 1818588, Japan
[2] NTT Corp, Microsyst Integrat Labs, Kanagawa 2430198, Japan
[3] NTT Corp, NTT Photon Labs, Kanagawa 2430198, Japan
[4] NTT Elect Corp, Kanagawa 2430198, Japan
关键词
local oscillator (LO); millimeter wave; photomixer; radio astronomy; sub-millimeter wave; uni-travelffig carrier photodiode;
D O I
10.1109/TMTT.2003.810154
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
We have developed a W-band (75-110 GHz) waveguide photomixer with a uni-traveling carrier photodiode, which can be driven by two 1.5-mum lasers. It generates an output power of 2.2 +/- 0.2 mW at 100 GHz with a laser power of less than 100 mW, and its relative power variation is as small as 3 dB across the entire frequency range of the W-band. A 100-GHz superconductor-insulator-superconductor receiver driven by this photomixer shows the same noise temperature around, 26 K as that driven by a conventional Gunn oscillator.
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页码:1455 / 1459
页数:5
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