Chinese Optics, Volume. 17, Issue 4, 943(2024)

Noise figure measurement of terahertz mixer

Xing-yu TAO1, Wen-jie LIU1,2,3, Yue-hui SUN1,2,3, Fei-fei QIN1,2,3, Qing-e SONG4, Ze-yu ZHAO1, Li-juan LIU1, Tian-xiang CHEN1, and Yun-cai WANG1,2,3、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Institute of Advanced Photonics Technology, School of Information Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Photonic Technology for Integrated Sensing and Communication, Ministry of Education of China, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
  • 3Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Information Photonics Technology, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
  • 4Science and Technology on Electronic Test & Measurement Laboratory, Qingdao 266555, China
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    Schematic diagram of conversion of the optical signal to the electrical noise signal
    (a) Schematic diagram and (b) physical diagram of the noise source
    The relationship between the ENR and the photocurrent. (a) The trend of the ENR varying with photocurrent; (b) the frequency spectra under different photocurrents
    Schematic diagram of NF measurement device
    The power spectra when the ENR is 20 dB, 25 dB, and 30 dB
    NF and gain when the ENR is 35 dB, 40 dB, and 45 dB
    • Table 1. The values of each physical quantity

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      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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    Xing-yu TAO, Wen-jie LIU, Yue-hui SUN, Fei-fei QIN, Qing-e SONG, Ze-yu ZHAO, Li-juan LIU, Tian-xiang CHEN, Yun-cai WANG. Noise figure measurement of terahertz mixer[J]. Chinese Optics, 2024, 17(4): 943

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    Paper Information

    Received: Oct. 28, 2023

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Aug. 9, 2024

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    DOI:10.37188/CO.2023-0193

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