THz diode technology: Status, prospects, and applications

I Mehdi, JV Siles, C Lee, E Schlecht - Proceedings of the IEEE, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Found in many terahertz (THz) and submillimeter-wave systems, GaAs Schottky diodes
continue to be one of the most useful THz devices. As a low-parasitic device that operates …

A new generation of room-temperature frequency-multiplied sources with up to 10× higher output power in the 160-GHz–1.6-THz range

JV Siles, KB Cooper, C Lee, RH Lin… - IEEE Transactions …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We report on the design, fabrication, and testing of a new generation of all-solid-state
frequency-multiplied terahertz sources providing up to ten times more output power at room …

State of the art and future of electronic sources at terahertz frequencies

H Eisele - Electronics letters, 2010 - IET
A review is presented of the state of the art of electronic sources based on semiconductor
devices that have either demonstrated substantial amounts of output power or have a strong …

Technology, capabilities, and performance of low power terahertz sources

G Chattopadhyay - IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
New and emerging terahertz technology applications make this a very exciting time for the
scientists, engineers, and technologists in the field. New sensors and detectors have been …

Schottky diode-based terahertz frequency multipliers and mixers

A Maestrini, B Thomas, H Wang, C Jung… - Comptes Rendus …, 2010 - Elsevier
This article presents some aspects of the technology of terahertz heterodyne receiver front-
ends dedicated to astrophysics, planetary and atmospheric sciences. It focuses on …

A frequency-multiplied source with more than 1 mW of power across the 840–900-GHz band

A Maestrini, JS Ward, JJ Gill, C Lee… - IEEE transactions on …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We report on the design, fabrication, and characterization of an 840-900-GHz frequency
multiplier chain that delivers more than 1 mW across the band at room temperature with a …

A 177–183 GHz high-power GaN-based frequency doubler with over 200 mW output power

S Liang, X Song, L Zhang, Y Lv, Y Wang… - IEEE Electron …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A GaN Schottky barrier diode (SBD) on SiC for frequency doubler applications was
fabricated with a N-/N+ GaN stack of 200 nm/1500 nm in thickness and 5× 10 17 cm-3/8× 10 …

Physics-based design and optimization of Schottky diode frequency multipliers for terahertz applications

JV Siles, J Grajal - IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Planar Schottky diode frequency multipliers are by far the most employed devices for local
oscillator (LO) power generation at terahertz frequencies. In order to push up to the limit the …

A single-waveguide in-phase power-combined frequency doubler at 190 GHz

JV Siles, A Maestrini, B Alderman… - IEEE Microwave and …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work represents the first demonstration of in-phase power-combined frequency
multipliers above 100 GHz based on a dual-chip single-waveguide topology, which consists …

Development of high power 220 GHz frequency triplers based on Schottky diodes

Y Yang, B Zhang, Y Wang, Z Niu, D Ji, X Zhao… - IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, the development of two high power 220 GHz frequency triplers is proposed.
The GaAs Schottky diodes with six nodes are applied to realize high efficiency 220 GHz …