New study is published in the journal “Physical Review Letters” from American Physical Society in the field of parametric generation of EM oscillations in GHz-THz frequency range. The work reports on the first observation of the dissipative parametric generation in a subcritically doped GaAs/AlGaAs superlattice (SL) subjected to a DC bias and a microwave pump. It enforces excitation of slow electrostatic waves in the SL that provide a significant enhancement of the gain coefficient.
The findings foresee the development of a miniature solid-state parametric generators of GHz-THz frequencies operating at room temperature.
