Emission of Coherent Radiation from Ultra-High Mobility Carriers in Nano-structured Materials

Abstract

This report presents and analyzes a solid-state device concept for compact, dc-driven, room-temperature generation of coherent THz radiation. The advent of low-dimensional high-electron-mobility devices (HEMT) suggests that a micro-scale, solid-state analog of vacuum tube electron-beam microwave sources may be feasible.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 31, 2011
Accession Number
ADA558305

Entities

People

  • Andrew Iyengar
  • N. C. Wyeth

Organizations

  • Leidos

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Carbon Nanotubes
  • Charge Carriers
  • Crystal Lattice Vibrations
  • Crystal Lattices
  • Electric Fields
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Free Electron Lasers
  • Free Electrons
  • Frequency
  • Fullerenes
  • Materials Science
  • Oscillators
  • Phase Velocity
  • Radiation
  • Scattering
  • Semiconductors
  • Terahertz Radiation

Fields of Study

  • Materials science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.
  • Semiconductor Device Technology

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics