• DocumentCode
    904475
  • Title

    Far infrared and submillimeter impact ionization modulator

  • Author

    Melngailis, I. ; Tannenwald, P.E.

  • Volume
    57
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1969
  • fDate
    5/1/1969 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    806
  • Lastpage
    807
  • Abstract
    Free carriers in germanium produced by impact ionization at 4.2°K have been used to modulate 200-µ- to 2-mm-wavelength radiation. Modulation depths up to 100 percent and bandwidths of 100 MHz have been obtained.
  • Keywords
    Absorption; Breakdown voltage; Germanium; Impact ionization; Ionizing radiation; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic modulators; Pulse modulation; Radiation detectors; Temperature;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Proceedings of the IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9219
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/PROC.1969.7084
  • Filename
    1449014