Microwave frequency multiplication by use of space charge domains in semiconductor superlattice

Electronics Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 628-629

  Haeussler, M ^a   Scheuerer, R ^a   Renk, K F ^a   Kuschurinov, Yu ^b   Pavel'ev, D G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b LOBACHEVSKY STATE UNIVERSITY OF NIZHNY NOVGOROD   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON REFLECTION; FREQUENCIES; MICROWAVES; OHMIC CONTACTS;

MICROWAVE FREQUENCY;

SEMICONDUCTOR SUPERLATTICES;

EID: 0037417397     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20030373     Document Type: Article

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