Resonant-tunnelling-diode oscillators operating at frequencies above 1.1 THz

M Feiginov, C Sydlo, O Cojocari, P Meissner - Applied Physics Letters, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
We present resonant-tunnelling-diode (RTD) oscillators operating at the fundamental
frequency of 1111 GHz. We show that our RTDs and RTD oscillators have much room for …

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] 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 …

The transfer matrix method and the theory of finite periodic systems. From heterostructures to superlattices

P Pereyra - physica status solidi (b), 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Historically, the physics, energy spectrum, and wave functions of superlattices have had
different levels of understanding. Unlike the standard approaches, based on theorems for …

Limitations of output power and efficiency of simple resonant-tunneling-diode oscillators

C Spudat, P Ourednik, G Picco… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We show that the maximum output power of a simple resonant-tunneling-diode (RTD)
oscillator is fundamentally limited by the radiation conductance of its antenna and by a …

Island THz on-chip slot-antenna resonant-tunneling-diode oscillators

D Tuan Nguyen, P Ourednik, M Feiginov - Applied Physics Letters, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
We demonstrate an “island” design of on-chip slot-antenna resonant-tunneling-diode (RTD)
oscillators, where the contact nþþ layer is removed everywhere except for a small island …

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 …

High-frequency nonlinear characteristics of resonant-tunnelling diodes

M Feiginov, C Sydlo, O Cojocari, P Meissner - Applied Physics Letters, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
The nonlinear response of resonant-tunnelling diodes (RTDs) is analysed theoretically at
high frequencies (HFs), which are far above the diode's tunnel-relaxation-time limit. We …

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 …