Gallium arsenide metal–semiconductor–metal photodiodes as optoelectronic mixers for microwave single–sideband modulation

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 28-33

  Anderson, Gordon Wood ^a   Chipman, L Eugene ^a   Kub, Francis J ^a   Park, Doewon ^a   Frankel, Michael Y ^a   Carruthers, Thomas F ^a   Modolo, John A ^a   Hobart, Karl D ^a   Katzer, D Scott ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; FABRICATION; LIGHT MODULATION; MIXER CIRCUITS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTODIODES; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

GALLIUM ARSENIDE METAL SEMICONDUCTOR METAL PHOTODETECTORS; MICROWAVE SINGLE SIDEBAND MODULATION;

PHOTODETECTORS;

EID: 0031700994     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.000028     Document Type: Article

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