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Operation of a Bloch oscillator

Year: 2005

Type: book

Abstract: We report the operation of a Bloch oscillator. The active medium was a staticvoltage driven, doped GaAs/AlAs superlattice which was electromagnetically coupled to a resonator. The oscillator produced tuneable microwave radiation (frequency ~ 60 GHz; power ~ 0.5 mW; efficiency ~ 4 %). The gain (~ 10^4 /cm) was due to the nonlinearity mediated by miniband electrons. We also present a theory of the oscillator. The Bloch oscillator should in principle be feasible for generation of radiation up to frequencies of 10 THz and more.

Source: University of Regensburg Publication Server (University of Regensburg)

DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/0502283

Authors: Renk, K. F., Meier, A., Stahl, B. I., Glukhovskoy, A., Jain, M., Appel, H., Wegscheider, W.

Institution: University of Regensburg

Language: English

Topic: Terahertz technology and applications

Subfield: Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1668800365

FWCI: 0.281

Cites: 1

Cited by: 2

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