QUASIOPTICAL SOLID-STATE GENERATOR WITH OPEN QUASI-FREQUENCY SPHEREOSELETAL OSCILLATING SYSTEM

Abstract

The results of research related to the development of an effective high-Q open oscillatory system of quasi-optical solid-state generators of millimeter and submillimeter wavelength ranges are presented. It is shown that for the stable operation of solid-state generators based on Gunn diodes and avalanche-transit diodes (ATDs) located inside an open resonator (OR), a significant rarefaction of the resonance frequency spectrum is required, which excludes jumps of the generation frequency. Taking this requirement into account, a spheroechelett open resonator (SE OR) is proposed as an open oscillatory system of solid-state generators, one of the mirrors of which is a reflective lattice of the “echelette” type. The paper presents the results of “cold” measurements of the spectrum of resonance frequencies of the SE OP, which indicate that the SE OP indeed has a significantly rarefied spectrum both in transverse and, which is very important, in longitudinal modes of oscillations. The conditions necessary for the excitation of high-quality stable oscillations with high energy efficiency in a solid-state generator based on an SE OR are discussed and implemented. The results of an experimental study of a quasi-optical generator based on an 8-mm ATD wavelength range are presented. The analysis of the obtained characteristics and their qualitative explanation on the basis of the proposed model of the processes occurring in the investigated generator are presented. It is shown that the SE OR can be used as a resonant system in the entire EHF range of not only solid-state, but also electronic-vacuum devices. Finally, a way is outlined in the direction of further rarefaction of the spectrum of the SE OR in order to create a really single-frequency open oscillatory system.