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Optically stabilized semiconductor microwave diodes

US4617532A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 30, 1984
Grant dateOct 14, 1986
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Expiry dateApr 30, 2004

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10F77/413

Abstract

A semiconductor device is optically phase-locked by utilizing (1) the Burstein shift in differently doped semiconductor layers and injecting light having an energy level lower than the absorption edge of the heavily doped layer in which optical absorption is not desired and higher than the more lightly doped region where it is desired; and (2) the internal photoemission and injecting light having an energy level lower than the band gap of the semiconductor.

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