• DocumentCode
    3638389
  • Title

    Hydrodynamic simulation of heterodyne terahertz detection in a field effect transistor

  • Author

    H. Marinchio;C. Palermo;G. Sabatini;P. Ziadé;P. Shiktorov;E. Starikov;V. Gružinskis;T. Laurent;P. Nouvel;J. Torres;A. Pénarier;S. Blin;L. Chusseau;L. Varani

  • Author_Institution
    Institut d´Electronique du Sud, UMR CNRS-UM2 5214, c.c.084, Universite´
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We propose a method for the heterodyne detection of terahertz (THz) signals. The nonlinear element is constituted by the channel of an High Electron Mobility Transistor (HEMT), while the optical beating of two laser beams exciting plasma waves in the transistor channel plays the role of the THz local oscillator. We numerically show, through an hydrodynamic modelling, the efficiency of such a mixer.
  • Keywords
    "Optical mixing","HEMTs","Plasma waves","Resonant frequency","Electron optics","Plasmas"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2010 35th International Conference on
  • ISSN
    2162-2027
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-6655-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    2162-2035
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICIMW.2010.5612505
  • Filename
    5612505