OPTICAL HETERODYNE-DETECTION AND MICROWAVE RECTIFICATION UP TO 26 GHZUSING QUANTUM-WELL INFRARED PHOTODETECTORS

Authors
LIU HC JENKINS GE BROWN ER MCINTOSH KA NICHOLS KB MANFRA MJ
Citation
Hc. Liu et al., OPTICAL HETERODYNE-DETECTION AND MICROWAVE RECTIFICATION UP TO 26 GHZUSING QUANTUM-WELL INFRARED PHOTODETECTORS, IEEE electron device letters, 16(6), 1995, pp. 253-255
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
IEEE electron device letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
07413106
Volume
16
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
253 - 255
Database
ISI
SICI code
0741-3106(1995)16:6<253:OHAMRU>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
We have demonstrated heterodyne detection up to an intermediate freque ncy of 26.5 GHz using quantum well infrared photodetectors. A CO2 lase r and a lead-salt tunable diode laser were used as the infrared source s, Heterodyne detection experiments measure the high frequency behavio r of photoexcited electrons and their transport properties, We have al so carried out microwave rectification experiments which measure the h igh frequency behavior associated with the dark-current electron-trans port processes.