2.5-THz GaAs monolithic membrane-diode mixer

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 596-604

  Siegel, Peter H ^a,b   Smith, R Peter ^b   Gaidis, Michael C ^a,b   Martin, Suzanne C ^b  

^a IEEE

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; INTERMEDIATE FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PUMPING (LASER); SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; WAVEGUIDES;

MARTIN-PUPLETT DIPLEXER; MITEQ AMPLIFIER; MONOLITHIC MEMBRANE DIODE; SCHOTTKY DIODE MIXER;

MIXER CIRCUITS;

EID: 0032649066     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.763161     Document Type: Article

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