Title :
Self and externally pumped second-harmonic generation with silicon avalanche diodes
Author_Institution :
Cornell University, School of Electrical Engineering, Ithaca, USA
Abstract :
Self-pumping in a silicon avalanche diode has produced 3% pulsed efficiency at 22.5 GHz, the second harmonic of a `trapped¿ fundamental. An analogue-computer solution of a simplified Read´s equation has shown how the parametric properties of the avalanche process can result in this type of frequency conversion.
Keywords :
avalanche diodes; harmonic generation;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19700286
