Harmonic mixing characteristics of metal-barrier-metal junctions as predicted by electron tunneling
Abstract
The bias dependence of the nonlinear mixing characteristics of metal-barrier-metal junction currents is deduced assuming an electron tunneling model. The difference-frequency beat voltage at frequency ω1-nω2, where n is an integer and ω1 and ω2 are the assumed frequencies of two induced currents, is found to have n zeros as the diode bias is varied. Recent experimental observations have demonstrated such characteristics.
- Publication:
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Applied Physics Letters
- Pub Date:
- November 1974
- DOI:
- 10.1063/1.1655303
- Bibcode:
- 1974ApPhL..25..544F
- Keywords:
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- Electron Tunneling;
- Harmonic Generations;
- Junction Diodes;
- Metal Surfaces;
- Optical Heterodyning;
- Barrier Layers;
- Beat Frequencies;
- Laser Modes;
- Mixing Circuits;
- Quantum Electrodynamics;
- Signal Mixing;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering