A QUASIOPTICALLY STABILIZED RESONANT-TUNNELING-DIODE OSCILLATOR FOR THE MILLIMETER-WAVE AND SUBMILLIMETER-WAVE REGIONS

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作者
BROWN, ER [1 ]
PARKER, CD [1 ]
MOLVAR, KM [1 ]
STEPHAN, KD [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV MASSACHUSETTS,DEPT ELECT & COMP ENGN,AMHERST,MA 01003
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美国国家航空航天局;
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10.1109/22.137389
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A semiconfocal open-cavity resonator has been used to stabilize a resonant-tunneling-diode waveguide oscillator at frequencies near 100 GHz. The high quality factor of the open cavity resulted in a linewidth of approximately 10 kHz at 10 dB below the peak, which is about 100 times narrower than the linewidth of an unstabilized waveguide oscillator. This technique is well suited for resonant-tunneling-diode oscillators in the submillimeter-wave region.
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