Terahertz detection by a homodyne field effect transistor multiplicative mixer

IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 278-283

  Preu, Sascha ^a,b,c   Kim, Sangwoo ^d   Verma, Ravi ^d,e   Burke, Peter G ^b   Vinh, Nguyen Q ^a   Sherwin, Mark S ^a   Gossard, Arthur C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d Tanner Research Inc   (United States)

^e Spectral Platforms Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Field effect transistor (FET); Mixer; Terahertz (THz) detection

Indexed keywords

DIPLEXING; DOWNCONVERSION; HOMODYNES; LOCAL OSCILLATORS; NOISE EQUIVALENT POWER; SIGNAL POWER; TERAHERTZ; TERAHERTZ DETECTION;

DETECTORS; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; MIXERS (MACHINERY);

SIGNAL DETECTION;

EID: 84861197191     PISSN: 2156342X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TTHZ.2012.2191671     Document Type: Article

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