Electronics Letters · 1989 · 33 citations · 1 references
EngineeringElectrical EngineeringOptoelectronicsPhotonicsSemiconductor DevicesHigh-frequency Power ConversionHigh-frequency Semiconductor DevicesMicrowave Semiconductor DevicesQuantum OptoelectronicsQuantum Well DevicesQuantum WellsEfficiencyExperimental Results InterpretationPower OutputQuantum EfficiencyQuantum Well HeterostructuresQuantum Well StatesQuantum Well Structures
A quantum-well QW diode frequency tripler with greater than 1.2% efficiency and 0.8 mW output power at about 250 GHz has been developed. A comparison between the experimental results and the theoretically calculated efficiency for a tripler using such a diode is made.
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