Frequency multiplication due to Bloch oscillations excitation in lateral semiconductor superlattice by short THz electromagnetic pulse

Author

Dodin, E.P. ; Malkin, A.M. ; Zharov, A.A.

Author_Institution

Inst. for Phys. of Microstructures, Russian Acad. of Sci., Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

119

Lastpage

122

Abstract

We have theoretically studied the frequency transformation of a strong electromagnetic pulse in lateral semiconductor superlattices associated with excitation of self-consistent electric field-driven Bloch oscillations. The necessary conditions for observation of Bloch oscillator emission of radiation have been found. The energy efficiency of the frequency multiplication and spectral composition of THz radiation transmitted through a superlattice have been calculated.

Keywords

electromagnetic pulse; semiconductor superlattices; AlGaAs-GaAs; Bloch oscillations excitation; Bloch oscillator emission of radiation; energy efficiency; frequency multiplication; frequency transformation; lateral semiconductor superlattice; short THz electromagnetic pulse; spectral composition; Brillouin scattering; Charge carriers; Chemicals; EMP radiation effects; Electromagnetic scattering; Electrons; Frequency conversion; Optical scattering; Oscillators; Semiconductor superlattices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nanotechnology, 2002. IEEE-NANO 2002. Proceedings of the 2002 2nd IEEE Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7538-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NANO.2002.1032137

Filename

1032137