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Whisker-contacted diode-multipliers as quasioptical SMMW-arrays

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Starting from a SMMW-multiplier design with quasioptical output two different multiplier compounds are presented. These new multipliers consist of a quasioptical antenna array in the output circuit which acts as a tunable power combiner. The multipliers work as quadruplers with an output frequency of 600 GHz. In all constructions the pump energy is fed into the diodes by a screened waveguide network. Optimum configurations for all arrays concerning quasioptical power combining are calculated and a theoretical comparison between the different multiplying conceptions is made. Finally some characteristic measurements of the quasioptical quadruplers are illustrated.

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  1. Lehrstuhl für Hochfrequenztechnik, UniversitÄt Erlangen-Nürnberg, CauerstraΒe 9, D-91058, Erlangen, Germany

    Dominik Steup

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This work was proposed by Prof. Dr.-Ing. H. Brand under DFG research project Br 522/12. The author gratefully acknowledges the help of H. Froitzheim and U. Wohlrab who worked within their diploma thesis on the realization of the different multiplier arrays. Special thanks to G. Bauer, L. Höpfel, J. Popp and H. Froitzheim for machining and contacting the presented multiplier setups.

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Steup, D. Whisker-contacted diode-multipliers as quasioptical SMMW-arrays. Int J Infrared Milli Waves 14, 2519–2532 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02086219

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