Wide frequency band radiation detector

Steponas P. Asmontas; Jonas Gradauskas; Algirdas Suziedelis

doi:10.1117/12.262788

18 December 1996 Wide frequency band radiation detector

Steponas P. Asmontas, Jonas Gradauskas, Algirdas Suziedelis

Proceedings Volume 2842, Millimeter and Submillimeter Waves and Applications III; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.262788
Event: SPIE's 1996 International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1996, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

An original planar n-GaAs diode with n-n⁺ junction has been constructed to detect radiation in the range from millimeter wavelength. The operational principle of this detector is based on free carrier heating in semiconductor by incident power. The analytical formulae for the voltage arising in the planar diode under microwave and laser radiation obtained by solving phenomenological carrier transport and Poisson equations shows no frequency dependence of the detected voltage up to 1 millimeter wavelength. The frequency dependence of detected voltage in high frequency range results from the frequency dependence of the momentum relaxation time of hot carriers. Experimental results of microwave and laser radiation measurements have shown a good agrement with theoretical suggestions.

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Steponas P. Asmontas, Jonas Gradauskas, and Algirdas Suziedelis "Wide frequency band radiation detector", Proc. SPIE 2842, Millimeter and Submillimeter Waves and Applications III, (18 December 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.262788

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