CW Source Based on Photomixing With Output Power Reaching 1.8 mW at 250 GHz

Author

Peytavit, Emilien ; Latzel, P. ; Pavanello, Fabio ; Ducournau, Guillaume ; Lampin, Jean-Francois

Author_Institution

Inst. d´Electron., de Microelectron. et de Nanotechnol., Villeneuve d´Ascq, France

Volume

34

Issue

10

fYear

2013

fDate

Oct. 2013

Firstpage

1277

Lastpage

1279

Abstract

It is shown that a continuous wave output power reaching 1.8 mW at 252 GHz is generated by photomixing in a low-temperature-grown GaAs photoconductor using a metallic mirror-based Fabry-Pérot cavity. To the best of our knowledge, it is the highest power ever reported for a single photomixer in the J-band.

Keywords

Fabry-Perot resonators; III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; microwave photonics; photoconducting devices; submillimetre wave generation; submillimetre wave mixers; CW source; J-band; continuous wave output power; frequency 250 GHz; frequency 252 GHz; low-temperature-grown photoconductor; metallic mirror-based Fabry-Pérot cavity; microwave photonics; photomixer; photomixing; power 1.8 mW; submillimeter wave generation; Capacitance; Gallium arsenide; Impedance matching; Optical pumping; Optical saturation; Photoconducting materials; Power generation; Microwave photonics; optoelectronic devices; submillimeter wave generation; terahertz devices;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electron Device Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0741-3106

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LED.2013.2277574

Filename

6588588