Generation of millimeter waves by photomixing at 1.55 μm using InGaAs-InAlAs-InP velocity-matched distributed photodetectors

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1055-1057

  Chau, T ^a   Kaneda, N ^a   Jung, T ^a   Rollinger, A ^a   Mathai, S ^a   Qian, Y ^a   Itoh, T ^a   Wu, M C ^a   Shillue, W P ^b   Payne, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MILLIMETER WAVES; PHOTOCURRENTS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT;

OPTICAL HETERODYNE; PHOTOMIXER; VELOCITY MATCHED DISTRIBUTED PHOTODETECTORS;

PHOTODETECTORS;

EID: 0343442458     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.868006     Document Type: Article

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