Frequency limitations of resonant-tunnelling diodes in sub-THz and THz oscillators and detectors

M Feiginov - Journal of infrared, millimeter, and terahertz waves, 2019 - Springer
The review outlines the basic principles of operation of resonant-tunnelling diodes (RTDs)
and RTD oscillators followed by an overview of their development in the last decades …

Operation of resonant-tunneling diodes with strong back injection from the collector at frequencies up to 1.46 THz

M Feiginov, H Kanaya, S Suzuki, M Asada - Applied Physics Letters, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
In search for possibilities to increase the operating frequencies of resonant-tunneling diodes
(RTDs), we are studying RTDs working in an unusual regime. The collector side of our …

[HTML][HTML] Room temperature microwave oscillations in GaN/AlN resonant tunneling diodes with peak current densities up to 220 kA/cm2

J Encomendero, R Yan, A Verma, SM Islam… - Applied Physics …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
We report the generation of room temperature microwave oscillations from GaN/AlN
resonant tunneling diodes, which exhibit record-high peak current densities. The tunneling …

[HTML][HTML] Double-resonant-tunneling-diode patch-antenna oscillators

P Ourednik, T Hackl, C Spudat, D Tuan Nguyen… - Applied Physics …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The concept of on-chip double-resonant-tunneling-diode (RTD) patch-antenna oscillator has
the virtues of compactness, simplicity, high isolation from the external circuitry, and …

[HTML][HTML] Double-resonant-tunneling-diode bridge-less patch-antenna oscillators operating up to 1.09 THz

P Ourednik, M Feiginov - Applied Physics Letters, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
9 μW at the fundamental frequency of 1.09 THz, 15 μW at 0.98 THz, and up to 27 μW at the
lower frequencies of 620–660 GHz have been demonstrated with double-resonant …

Terahertz electronic devices

F Aniel, G Auton, D Cumming, M Feiginov… - Springer Handbook of …, 2022 - Springer
The frequency band of the electromagnetic spectrum between microwaves and infrared is
nowadays defined as the Terahertz band (1 THz corresponds to 1012 Hz). The development …

Self-excited current oscillations in a resonant tunneling diode described by a model based on the Caldeira–Leggett Hamiltonian

A Sakurai, Y Tanimura - New Journal of Physics, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
The quantum dissipative dynamics of a tunneling process through double barrier structures
is investigated on the basis of non-perturbative and non-Markovian treatment. We employ a …

Resonant tunneling diodes in semiconductor microcavities: Modeling polaritonic features in the terahertz displacement current

CF Destefani, M Villani, X Cartoixà, M Feiginov… - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
We develop in this work a qualitative quantum electron transport model, in the strong light-
matter coupling regime under dipole approximation, able to capture polaritonic signatures in …

An approach to quantum transport based on reduced hierarchy equations of motion: Application to a resonant tunneling diode

A Sakurai, Y Tanimura - Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 2013 - journals.jps.jp
The quantum dissipative dynamics of a tunneling process through double barrier structures
is investigated on the basis of a rigorous treatment for the first time. We employ a Caldeira …

Sub-terahertz and terahertz microstrip resonant-tunneling-diode oscillators

M Feiginov - Applied Physics Letters, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
We present a theoretical analysis of traveling-wave microstrip resonant-tunneling-diode
(RTD) oscillators. Such oscillators are similar to terahertz (THz) quantum-cascade lasers …