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Development of Waveguide Semiconductor Switches of Microwave Radiation in the 70- and 260-ghz Ranges

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We have developed, manufactured, and studied experimentally prototypes of microwave switches operated in the 70- and 260-GHz frequency ranges and controlled by pulses of optical laser radiation. The results of their numerical simulation by the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method are presented, along with the design parameters of the prototypes. The switch speed is equal to 1 ns, and the microwave tuning frequency range amounts to about 10%. The process of switching with the use of a low-cost semiconductor optical laser (with a wavelength of 532 nm and a continuous-wave power of 200 MW) is demonstrated experimentally at a switched-radiation frequency of 266.68 GHz.

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  1. Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

    M. L. Kulygin, V. I. Belousov, G. G. Denisov, A. A. Vikharev, V. V. Korchagin, A. V. Kuzin, E. A. Novikov & M. A. Khozin

  2. N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

    G. G. Denisov

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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 57, No. 7, pp. 568–579, July 2014.

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Kulygin, M.L., Belousov, V.I., Denisov, G.G. et al. Development of Waveguide Semiconductor Switches of Microwave Radiation in the 70- and 260-ghz Ranges. Radiophys Quantum El 57, 509–518 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11141-014-9533-6

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