BALLISTIC POINT CONTACTS AS MICROWAVE MIXERS

Authors
GODEL W MANUS S WHARAM DA KOTTHAUS JP BOHM G KLEIN W TRANKLE G WEIMANN G
Citation
W. Godel et al., BALLISTIC POINT CONTACTS AS MICROWAVE MIXERS, Electronics Letters, 30(12), 1994, pp. 977-979
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
30
Issue
12
Year of publication
1994
Pages
977 - 979
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1994)30:12<977:BPCAMM>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Ballistic point contacts defined in a high-mobility two-dimensional el ectron gas exhibit extremely nonlinear current-voltage characteristics . This nonlinearity has been used to mix microwave signals up to frequ encies of 10GHz.