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Direct DC to RF Conversion by Impulse Excitation of a Resonant Cavity

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Picosecond Electronics and Optoelectronics

Part of the book series: Springer Series in Electrophysics ((SSEP,volume 21))

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Conversion of energy from DC to RF has been demonstrated with an impulse-excited coaxial resonant cavity using picosecond optoelectronic switching techniques. A single pulse is capable of generating more than a hundred RF cycles with an energy conversion efficiency greater than 50%. Frequencies up to 3 GHz have been generated, and CW oscillations at 1.6 GHz have been obtained.

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  1. J. M. Proud, Jr., and S. L. Norman: “High-Frequency Waveform Generation Using Optoelectronic Switching in Silicon.”, IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., Vol. MTT-26, pp. 137–14O, 1978.

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  1. E. A. Greene

    Present address: Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA

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  1. Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA

    Ming G. Li, Chi H. Lee, A. Caroglanian & E. A. Greene

  2. Laboratory for Physical Sciences, 4928 College Avenue, College Park, MD, 20740, USA

    C. Y. She & P. Polak-Dingels

  3. RCA Laboratories, Princeton, NJ, 08549, USA

    A. Rosen

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  1. Department of Physics, The University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 14627, USA

    Gerard Albert Mourou

  2. Edward L. Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA

    David M. Bloom

  3. Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA

    Chi-H. Lee

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Li, M.G. et al. (1985). Direct DC to RF Conversion by Impulse Excitation of a Resonant Cavity. In: Mourou, G.A., Bloom, D.M., Lee, CH. (eds) Picosecond Electronics and Optoelectronics. Springer Series in Electrophysics, vol 21. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70780-3_44

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