Ballistic point contacts as microwave mixers
- 9 June 1994
- journal article
- Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Electronics Letters
- Vol. 30 (12) , 977-979
- https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19940624
Abstract
Ballistic point contacts defined in a high-mobility two-dimensional electron gas exhibit extremely nonlinear current-voltage characteristics. This nonlinearity has been used to mix microwave signals up to frequencies of 10 GHz.Keywords
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