Extraction of second harmonic from the In0.53Ga0.47As planar Gunn diode using radial stub resonators

Abstract Planar Indium Gallium Arsenide (InGaAs) Gunn diodes with on chip matching circuits have been fabricated on a semi-insulating Indium Phosphide (InP) substrate to enable the extraction of the second harmonic in millimeter-wave and terahertz frequencies. The planar Gunn diodes were designed in coplanar waveguide (CPW) format with an active channel length of 4 μm and width 120 μm integrated to CPW matching circuit and radial stub resonator to suppress the fundamental and to extract the second harmonic. The initial experimental measurements have given a second harmonic signal at 118 GHz with an output power of −20 dBm and the fundamental signal at 59 GHz was suppressed to the noise level of the experimental set-up.