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The subharmonic heterodyne combined with cut-off waveguide method is proposed to measure the frequency of 0.14 THz high-power nanosecond pulse in this paper. Using the cut-off waveguide method, the frequency range of the terahertz pulse is determined, in which two non-standard rectangular waveguides with cut-off frequencies of 0.125 and 0.15 THz are separately used as a receiver. According to the preliminary result, the subharmonic order is chosen to be 8, while the frequency of local oscillator is set to be in a range of 15—20 GHz. A series of tests on the 8th harmonic mixer is done using the pulses in Ka-band and the 0.14 THz continuous wave source, separately. Experimental results indicate that the mixer can be used in the heterodyne measurement of 0.14 THz nanosecond pulse. Finally, the heterodyne measurement is carried out on the high-power terahertz puls source, and an accurate frequency of 0.1465 THz is determined in this experiment. This novel method, which greatly reduces the frequency requirement of the local oscillator, is proved to have a good performance in the frequency measurement of 0.14 THz nanosecond pulse, and probably provides a new idea for frequency measurement of pulses in the long-wavelength terahertz-band.
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Keywords:
- terahertz pulse /
- cut-off waveguide /
- subharmonic heterodyne
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[2] Carr G L, Martin M C, McKinney W R, Jordan K, Neil G R, Williams G P 2002 Nature 420 153
[3] Lai G J, Liu P K 2007 Acta Phys. Sin. 56 4515 (in Chinese) [来国军、刘濮鲲 2007 物理学报 56 4515]
[4] Li W P, Zhang Y X, Liu S G, Liu D G 2008 Acta Phys. Sin. 57 2875 (in Chinese) [李文平、张雅鑫、刘盛刚、刘大刚 2008 物理学报 57 2875]
[5] Zhang K C, Wu Z H, Liu S G 2008 Chin. Phys. B 17 3402
[6] Liu D W, Liu S G, Yan Y, Yuan X S 2009 Chin. Phys. B 18 3049
[7] Zhang H, Wang J G, Tong C J 2007 J. Xi’an Jiaotong Univ. 41 1446 (in Chinese) [张 海、王建国、童长江 2007 西安交通大学学报 41 1446]
[8] Zhang K Q, Li D J 2001 Electromagnetic Theory for Microwaves and Optoelectronics (Beijing: Publishing House of Electronics Industry) pp193—303 (in Chinese) [张克潜、李德杰 2001 微波与光电子学中的电磁理论(北京:电子工业出版社)第193—303页]
[9] Zhang B Y, Liu C G 1981 Microwave Mixer(Beijing: National Defense Industry Press) pp14—18 (in Chinese) [张秉一、刘重光 1981 微波混频器(北京:国防工业出版社) 第14—18页]
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