Optical control of microwaves with semiconductor n-i-p-i structures

  • Alan Kost
  • , Linda West
  • , T. C. Hasenberg
  • , Jeffrey O. White
  • , Mehran Matloubian
  • , George C. Valley

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Abstract

We control the microwave transmission of a GaAs n-i-p-i structure by illuminating it with a cw argon ion laser. Tests in a broadband microwave modulator wave spectrometer show that an optical intensity of 800 mW/cm 2 produces a 50% change in transmission for microwaves between 10 and 50 GHz.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)3494-3496
Number of pages3
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume63
Issue number25
DOIs
StatePublished - 1993
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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