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太赫兹混频器噪声系数测量

陶星宇 刘文杰 孙粤辉 秦菲菲 宋青娥 赵泽宇 刘丽娟 陈天香 王云才

陶星宇, 刘文杰, 孙粤辉, 秦菲菲, 宋青娥, 赵泽宇, 刘丽娟, 陈天香, 王云才. 太赫兹混频器噪声系数测量[J]. 中国光学(中英文), 2024, 17(4): 943-949. doi: 10.37188/CO.2023-0193
引用本文: 陶星宇, 刘文杰, 孙粤辉, 秦菲菲, 宋青娥, 赵泽宇, 刘丽娟, 陈天香, 王云才. 太赫兹混频器噪声系数测量[J]. 中国光学(中英文), 2024, 17(4): 943-949. doi: 10.37188/CO.2023-0193
TAO Xing-yu, LIU Wen-jie, SUN Yue-hui, QIN Fei-fei, SONG Qing-e, ZHAO Ze-yu, LIU Li-juan, CHEN Tian-xiang, WANG Yun-cai. Noise figure measurement of terahertz mixer[J]. Chinese Optics, 2024, 17(4): 943-949. doi: 10.37188/CO.2023-0193
Citation: TAO Xing-yu, LIU Wen-jie, SUN Yue-hui, QIN Fei-fei, SONG Qing-e, ZHAO Ze-yu, LIU Li-juan, CHEN Tian-xiang, WANG Yun-cai. Noise figure measurement of terahertz mixer[J]. Chinese Optics, 2024, 17(4): 943-949. doi: 10.37188/CO.2023-0193

太赫兹混频器噪声系数测量

cstr: 32171.14.CO.2023-0193
基金项目: 国家自然科学基金(No. 61927811)
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    作者简介:

    王云才(1965—),男,广东工业大学特聘教授,博士生导师,1986年于南开大学电子科学系获得学士学位,1994、1997年分别于中国科学院西安光学精密机械研究所获得工学硕士和理学博士学位,主要从事混沌、随机数、噪声的产生、应用与研究方面的工作。E-mail:wangyc@gdut.edu.cn

  • 中图分类号: TN209

Noise figure measurement of terahertz mixer

Funds: Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 61927811)
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  • 摘要:

    噪声系数是评价高频电子器件传输信号性能的重要参数,随着工作频率的增加,高频电子器件的噪声系数通常会增大,现有噪声源的超噪比无法满足测量需求。为了实现高频电子器件噪声系数的测量,本文基于非相干光混频技术,将三束非相干光耦合进入单行载流子光电二极管,研制了220~325 GHz高超噪比且可调谐的太赫兹光子噪声源,超噪比可调谐至45 dB。通过Y因子法将其应用于大噪声系数、负变频增益太赫兹混频器噪声系数的测量。测量得到太赫兹混频器噪声系数的范围为16~32 dB,变频增益约为−13 dB,测量不确定度为0.43 dB。研制的高超噪比且可调谐的太赫兹光子噪声源,能够满足大噪声系数太赫兹电子器件的测量需求,对太赫兹电子器件噪声系数的测量以及指导器件的进一步优化有着重要的作用。

     

  • 图 1  光信号转换为电噪声信号的原理图

    Figure 1.  Schematic diagram of conversion of the optical signal to the electrical noise signal

    图 2  噪声源(a)原理图及(b)实物图

    Figure 2.  (a) Schematic diagram and (b) physical diagram of the noise source

    图 3  超噪比与光电流的关系。(a)超噪比随光电流的变化趋势;(b)不同光电流对应的超噪比频谱

    Figure 3.  The relationship between the ENR and the photocurrent. (a) The trend of the ENR varying with photocurrent; (b) the frequency spectra under different photocurrents

    图 4  噪声系数测量装置示意图

    Figure 4.  Schematic diagram of NF measurement device

    图 5  超噪比为20 dB、25 dB和30 dB时测得的功率谱

    Figure 5.  The power spectra when the ENR is 20 dB, 25 dB, and 30 dB

    图 6  超噪比为35 dB、40 dB和45 dB时测量的噪声系数与增益

    Figure 6.  NF and gain when the ENR is 35 dB, 40 dB, and 45 dB

    表  1  各物理量的值

    Table  1.   The values of each physical quantity

    物理量δENRδNF12δNF2δGdB
    计算值0.27 dB0.38 dB0.38 dB0.27 dB
    物理量F1F2F12G
    测量值285.681.73311.580.03
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  • 收稿日期:  2023-10-28
  • 修回日期:  2023-12-25
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