Coherent submillimeter-wave emission from Bloch oscillations in a semiconductor superlattice

Christian Waschke, Hartmut G. Roskos, Ralf Schwedler, Karl Leo, Heinrich Kurz, and Klaus Köhler
Phys. Rev. Lett. 70, 3319 – Published 24 May 1993
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Abstract

We directly detect the coherent electromagnetic radiation originating from Bloch oscillations of charge carriers in an electrically biased semiconductor superlattice structure. The oscillation frequency can be tuned with the applied bias field from 0.5 THz to more than 2 THz, the detection limit of our measurement system.

  • Received 22 January 1993

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.3319

©1993 American Physical Society

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Christian Waschke, Hartmut G. Roskos, Ralf Schwedler, Karl Leo, and Heinrich Kurz

  • Institut für Halbleitertechnik II, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen, Sommerfeldstrasse 24, 5100 Aachen, Germany

Klaus Köhler

  • Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Festkörperphysik, Tullastrasse 72, 7800 Freiburg, Germany

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Vol. 70, Iss. 21 — 24 May 1993

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