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Room Temperature Direct and Heterodyne Detection of 0.28–0.69-THz Waves Based on GaN 2-DEG Unipolar Nanochannels
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Materia
THz detectors
GaN diodes
Monte Carlo method
Fecha de publicación
2016
Editor
IEEE
Citación
Room temperature direct and heterodyne detection of 0.28 to 0.69 THz waves based on GaN 2DEG unipolar nanochannels - C. Daher, J. Torres, I. Iñiguez-de-la-Torre, P. Nouvel, L. Varani, P. Sangare, G. Ducournau, C. Gaquière, J. Mateos, and T. González. - IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices 63, 353- 359 (2016)
Resumen
An experimental demonstration of GaN-based
asymmetric nanodiodes as direct and heterodyne detectors up
to 0.69 THz has been performed at room temperature. Responsivities
of 2 and 0.3 V/W in a free-space configuration were obtained
at 0.30 and 0.69 THz, respectively. An intermediate frequency (IF)
signal has been measured up to 40 and 13 GHz in the same
frequency ranges. The characterization of the nanodiodes as
mixers did not show any deviation from linearity between the
RF input power and the IF output. Monte Carlo simulations,
used to estimate nanodevice intrinsic conversion losses of 27 dB
at 0.69 THz, have confirmed these results.
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DOI
10.1109/TED.2015.2503987
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