Generation of millimeter-wave radiation by optical mixing in FETs integrated with printed circuit antennas

Author

Plant, D.V. ; Scott, D.C. ; Ni, D.C. ; Fetterman, H.R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA

Volume

1

Issue

6

fYear

1991

fDate

6/1/1991 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

132

Lastpage

134

Abstract

The generation of continuous wave 60-GHz millimeter wave radiation from FETs integrated with planar antennas using optical mixing is demonstrated. The radiation was propagated through narrowband quasi-optical Fabry-Perot filters and heterodyne detected in a second FET antenna structure. A schematic representation of the experimental arrangement is given. The response of a tunable Fabry-Perot interferometer is measured. In addition to spectroscopic applications, this transmitter/receiver system demonstrates the feasibility of having optically fed arrays of millimeter-wave sources.<>

Keywords

microstrip antennas; microwave generation; microwave integrated circuits; mixers (circuits); signal sources; tuning; CW type; EHF; FET antenna structure; MM-wave radiation generation; continuous wave; heterodyne detection; millimeter-wave radiation; millimeter-wave sources; narrowband filters; optical mixing; optically fed arrays; printed circuit antennas; quasi-optical Fabry-Perot filters; spectroscopic applications; transmitter/receiver system; tunable Fabry-Perot interferometer; FETs; Millimeter wave measurements; Millimeter wave propagation; Optical arrays; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Optical propagation; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Planar arrays;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave and Guided Wave Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8207

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/75.91089

Filename

91089