Optical and terahertz power limits in the low-temperature-grown GaAs photomixers

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 71, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 2743-2745

  Verghese, S ^a   McIntosh, K A ^a   Brown, E R ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETERODYNING; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; OPTIMIZATION; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

OPTICAL HETERODYNE CONVERSION; PHOTOMIXERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL THERMAL MODELING;

MIXER CIRCUITS;

EID: 0031268113     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.120445     Document Type: Article

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