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The nonlinear plasmon response of a two-dimensional electron system with an incorporated defect to monochromatic and bichromatic microwave radiation has been investigated. The operation of an electronic device (mixer) based on the plasmon response with a record operational speed has been demonstrated and analyzed. It has been found that the system response time is no more than τ = 25 ps. It has been shown that the nonlinear response of the system is caused by a new physical mechanism of nonlinearity induced by the presence of an inhomogeneity in the electron system.
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Original Russian Text © V.M. Muravev, I.V. Kukushkin, J. Smet, K. von Klitzing, 2009, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Éksperimental’noĭ i Teoreticheskoĭ Fiziki, 2009, Vol. 90, No. 3, pp. 216–221.
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Muravev, V.M., Kukushkin, I.V., Smet, J. et al. Millimeter/submillimeter mixing based on the nonlinear plasmon response of two-dimensional electron systems. Jetp Lett. 90, 197–201 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0021364009150089
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