Title :
1.55 μm photomixer sources for mm-wave heterodyne detection and frequency conversion with Schottky diodes
Author :
Huggard, P.G. ; Ellison, B.N. ; Alderman, B. ; Warner, J.E.J. ; Moyna, B.P. ; Matheson, D.N. ; Nagatsuma, T. ; Ito, H.
Author_Institution :
Rutherford Appleton Lab., Didcot, UK
Abstract :
Millimetre-wave signals from high speed InP/InGaAs uni-traveling-carrier photodiodes (UTC-PD) have been used to drive Schottky diodes for harmonic generation, the down conversion of an 80 GHz tone and the heterodyne detection of 183 GHz radiation.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; Schottky diodes; gallium arsenide; heterodyne detection; indium compounds; millimetre wave generation; millimetre wave mixers; optical harmonic generation; photodiodes; submillimetre wave generation; submillimetre wave mixers; 1.55 mum; 183 GHz; 80 GHz; InP-InGaAs; Schottky diodes; frequency conversion; harmonic generation; millimetre-wave signals; mm-wave heterodyne detection; photomixer sources; unitraveling-carrier photodiodes; Frequency conversion; Laboratories; Optical harmonic generation; Optical waveguides; Photodiodes; Power harmonic filters; Power lasers; Schottky diodes; Stripline; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Summer Topical Meetings, 2005 Digest of the
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8981-6
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2005.1528015
