Stable optoelectronic detection of free-running microwave signals with 150-GHz bandwidth

Microelectronic Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 397-408

  Loffler T ^a   Pfeifer, T ^a   Roskos, H G ^a   Kurz, H ^a   Van Der Weide, D W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; DIPOLE ANTENNAS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LASER RESONATORS; MICROWAVE CIRCUITS; MICROWAVES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SOLID STATE LASERS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ELECTRIC FIELD DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROOPTIC CRYSTALS; FREE RUNNING MICROWAVE SIGNALS; LASER CAVITY LENGTH; OPTOELECTRONIC DETECTION; PHOTOCONDUCTIVE DIPOLE ANTENNA; REPETITION FREQUENCY; TIME RESOLVED SIGNAL RECOVERY; TIME SCALING;

SIGNAL DETECTION;

EID: 0030084632     PISSN: 01679317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-9317(95)00362-2     Document Type: Article

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