Comptes Rendus
no. 7-8
Schottky diode-based terahertz frequency multipliers and mixers
[Multiplicateurs de fréquences et mélangeurs THz utilisant des diodes Schottky]
Alain Maestrini1, 2  ; Bertrand Thomas3  ; Hui Wang4  ; Cécile Jung2, 5  ; Jeanne Treuttel2  ; Yong Jin5  ; Goutam Chattopadhyay3  ; Imran Mehdi3  ; Gérard Beaudin2
1 Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, 4 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
2 Observatoire de Paris, LERMA, 61, avenue de l'Observatoire, 75014 Paris, France
3 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, MS 168-314, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, 91109 Pasadena, USA
4 STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0QX, UK
5 CNRS, LPN, route de Nozay, 91460 Marcoussis, France
Comptes Rendus. Physique, Volume 11 (2010) no. 7-8, pp. 480-495.

Cet article présente quelques aspects de la technologie des récepteurs d'hétérodynes terahertz consacrés à l'astrophysique, la planétologie et aux sciences de l'atmosphère. Il se concentre sur les multiplicateurs de fréquences et sur les mélangeurs Schottky. Des architectures de multiplicateurs de fréquences combinés en puissance fonctionnant aux longueurs d'onde submillimétriques, de mélangeurs fondamentaux planaires THz, et de récepteurs intégrés seront discutées ainsi que la fabrication de diodes Schottky planaires submillimétriques en France.

This article presents some aspects of the technology of terahertz heterodyne receiver front-ends dedicated to astrophysics, planetary and atmospheric sciences. It focuses on frequency multipliers and on Schottky mixers. Novel architectures of power-combined frequency multipliers at submillimeter-wavelengths, THz planar fundamental mixers, and integrated receivers will be discussed, as well as the fabrication of submillimeter-wave planar Schottky diodes in France.

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DOI : 10.1016/j.crhy.2010.05.002
Keywords: Schottky diode, Heterodyne detection, Frequency multiplier, Mixer, THz, Submillimeter
Mot clés : Diode Schottky, Détection hétérodyne, Multiplicateur de fréquences, Mélangeur, THz, Submillimétrique
Alain Maestrini 1, 2 ; Bertrand Thomas 3 ; Hui Wang 4 ; Cécile Jung 2, 5 ; Jeanne Treuttel 2 ; Yong Jin 5 ; Goutam Chattopadhyay 3 ; Imran Mehdi 3 ; Gérard Beaudin 2

1 Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, 4 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
2 Observatoire de Paris, LERMA, 61, avenue de l'Observatoire, 75014 Paris, France
3 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, MS 168-314, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, 91109 Pasadena, USA
4 STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0QX, UK
5 CNRS, LPN, route de Nozay, 91460 Marcoussis, France 
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