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Mixing of 30 THz laser radiation with nanometer thin-film Ni-NiO-Ni diodes and integrated bow-tie antennas

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Mixing experiments with 30 THz CO2-laser radiation as well as the detection of 35 ps 30 THz pulses of an optical-free-induction-decay CO2-laser system have been performed with the first nanometer thin-film Ni-NiO-Ni diodes with a minimum contact area of 0.012 µm2. Difference frequencies up to 85 MHz were detected by mixing two different CO2-laser beams coupled to the diode with an integrated bow-tie antenna. The dependence of the beat signal on bias voltage, laser power and polarization of the infrared laser radiation was determined.

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  1. Institute of Quantum Electronics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), CH-8093, Zürich, Switzerland

    C. Fumeaux, W. Herrmann, H. Rothuizen & F. K. Kneubühl

  2. European Laboratory for Nonlinear Spectroscopy (LENS), Largo Enrico Fermi 2, Florence, Italy

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Fumeaux, C., Herrmann, W., Rothuizen, H. et al. Mixing of 30 THz laser radiation with nanometer thin-film Ni-NiO-Ni diodes and integrated bow-tie antennas. Appl. Phys. B 63, 135–140 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01095263

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