A single barrier varactor quintupler at 170 GHz
Journal article, 1995

InGaAs-InAlAs single-barrier varactor (SBV) diodes are tested as frequency quintuplers. The diodes were tested in a crossed-waveguide structure and provided output frequencies between 148 and 187 GHz. The highest observed flange-to-flange efficiency was 0.78% at an output frequency of 172 GHz. This is nearly four times greater than the best quintupler efficiency obtained for previous SBV varactors made from the GaAs-AlGaAs materials system.

frequency multiplier

quintupler

QBV

harmonic generation

terahertz sources

HBV

SBV

varactors

Author

Antti Räisänen

Timo J. Tolmunen

Mark Natzic

Margaret Frerking

Elliott Brown

Hans Grönqvist

Department of Microwave Technology

Svein M. Nilsen

Department of Microwave Technology

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

0018-9480 (ISSN) 15579670 (eISSN)

Vol. 43 3 685-688

Subject Categories

Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering

DOI

10.1109/22.372117

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10/8/2017