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Frequency Multipliers for Extension of Frequency Range of Millimeter Wave Synthesizers

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This paper has a deal with the frequency range extension of millimeter wave synthesizers (26-118 GHz) through frequency multiplication to provide a reliable, relatively inexpensive, and simple in operation tunable synthesized sources up to submillimeter-wave length band. Frequency doublers and triplers using planar GaAs Schottky barrier diodes as the non-linear element have been developed. Description of their waveguide mounts having no any external tunings and biasing is given. Harmonic generation conversion loss at various frequencies for several practical multiplier assemblies are presented. Examples of practical application of such source (synthesizer + multiplier) in microwave spectroscopy are demonstrated.

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  1. Institute of Electronic Measurements KVARZ, 176 Gagarina Avenue, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

    A. M. Schitov

  2. Institute of Applied Physics of Russian Academy of Sciences, 46 Uljanova Street, Nizhny Novgorod, 603600, Russia

    G. Yu. Golubyatnikov, M. Yu. Tretyakov & S. A. Volokhov

  3. Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Hertzienne, Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Lasers et Applications, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, F-59655, Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France

    A. Walters

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Schitov, A.M., Golubyatnikov, G.Y., Tretyakov, M.Y. et al. Frequency Multipliers for Extension of Frequency Range of Millimeter Wave Synthesizers. International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves 21, 1479–1488 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026413209159

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