Zero bias resonant tunnel Schottky contact diode for wide-band direct detection

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 894-896

  Chahal, Prem ^a   Morris, Frank ^a   Frazier, Gary ^a  

^a RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Imaging; Millimeter wave; Noise equivalent power (NEP); Resonant tunnel diode; Submillimeter wave; Terahertz; Video detector

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; DETECTORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESONANT TUNNELING; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TEMPERATURE;

MILLIMETER WAVE; NOISE EQUIVALENT POWER (NEP); SCHOTTKY-COLLECTOR RESONANT TUNNEL DIODE; SUBMILLIMETER WAVE; TERAHERTZ; VIDEO DETECTOR;

DIODES;

EID: 29244483127     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2005.859622     Document Type: Article

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