INVESTIGATION OF HIGH FREQUENCY LIMITATIONS IN MILLIMETER WAVE GENERATORS

Abstract

The study continued of the emission of two-level molecules in a sinusoidally driven resonant cavity. The theory was extended to allow analysis of the spectral distribution of induced and spontaneous emission in a cavity and to study the steady-state condition when a molecular beam traverses the cavity. It is shown that the induced emission energy, when averaged over a reasonable time, depends only on the energy spectrum of the driving field. Expressions are obtained for the spectral distribution of induced, spontaneous, and thermally-induced emission. The amplification by the molecular beam of the driving field (signal) and of the thermal and spontaneous emission energies (noise) is studied. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0268714

Entities

People

  • Julian Schwinger

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplification
  • Cavity Resonators
  • Emission
  • Frequency
  • Generators
  • Millimeter Waves
  • Molecular Beams
  • Molecules
  • Spectra
  • Steady State

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Quantum spin resonance or Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy.

Technology Areas

  • 5G