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EPL
Volume 81, Number 4, February 2008
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| Article Number | 48004 | |
| Number of page(s) | 6 | |
| Section | Interdisciplinary Physics and Related Areas of Science and Technology | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/81/48004 | |
| Published online | 18 January 2008 | |
Enhanced THz frequency multiplier efficiency by quasi-ballistic electron reflection in double-heterojunction structures
1
Institut für Hochfrequenztechnik, Technische Universität Darmstadt - Merckstr. 25, D-64283 Darmstadt, Germany
2
Faculty of Engineering, Multimedia University, Persiaran Multimedia - 63100 Cyberjaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Corresponding author: dsong@mmu.edu.my
Received:
18
September
2007
Accepted:
14
December
2007
A self-consistent ensemble Monte Carlo model is used to demonstrate the enhancement of frequency multiplication efficiency by quasi-ballistic electron reflection (Q-BER) in In0.52Al0.48As/In0.53Ga0.47As/In0.52Al0.48As heterostructures. Simulation results showed that the strong nonlinearity due to this familiar mechanism is able to produce the third harmonic of the current response at almost half of the amplitude of the fundamental at excitation frequencies between 50 and 250 GHz. It is found that the proposed structure is more efficient for frequency multiplication with a thinner well, where the Q-BER phenomenon is more profound.
PACS: 84.40.-x – Radiowave and microwave (including millimeter wave) technology / 85.30.De – Semiconductor-device characterization, design, and modeling / 73.23.Ad – Ballistic transport
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