• DocumentCode
    914752
  • Title

    Infrared 10.6-µm photodiode heterodyne detection

  • Author

    Peyton, B. ; Sard, E. ; Lange, Rodrigo ; Arams, F.R.

  • Volume
    58
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    1970
  • Firstpage
    1769
  • Lastpage
    1770
  • Abstract
    Expressions are given for heterodyne noise equivalent power, conversion gain, and frequency response in terms of diode parameters, local oscillator power, and IF amplifier noise factor. Experimental results are reported on heterodyne detection at 10.6 µm in a reverse-biased HgCdTe photodiode.
  • Keywords
    Frequency response; Infrared detectors; Local oscillators; Mixers; Noise generators; Noise measurement; Photodiodes; Power amplifiers; Power measurement; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Proceedings of the IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9219
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/PROC.1970.8003
  • Filename
    1449933