Accession Number:

ADA399011

Title:

Solid State Microwave and Millimeter Electronics

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.

Corporate Author:

CALIFORNIA UNIV LOS ANGELES DEPT OF PHYSICS

Personal Author(s):

• Wang, Kang L.

Report Date:

1999-06-30

Pagination or Media Count:

64.0

Abstract:

There has been a great deal of interest in recent years in the investigation of signals in the terahertz frequency range of the electromagnetic spectrum. One impediment to this ongoing research is the lack of useful sources of energy and detectors in this spectral region. One promising solution to this problem is the use of non-linear optics and the process of difference frequency generation DFG. This dissertation investigates the use of DFG in dielectric waveguide structures utilizing the resonant enhancement of asymmetric quantum wells.

Descriptors:

• *MILLIMETER WAVES
• *MICROWAVE EQUIPMENT
• *SOLID STATE ELECTRONICS
• OPTIMIZATION
• QUANTUM WELLS
• DIELECTRICS
• WAVEGUIDES
• NONLINEAR OPTICS
• FAR INFRARED RADIATION
• FREQUENCY BANDS
• ASYMMETRY
• RESONANCE
• INFRARED DETECTORS
• ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRA
• DIFFERENCE FREQUENCY

Subject Categories:

• Optics
• Solid State Physics
• Radiofrequency Wave Propagation

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE