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Submillimeter backward-wave-tube spectrometer-relaxometer

Journal Article · · Instrum. Exp. Tech. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:6473035
A backward-wave-tube (BWT) spectrometer-relaxometer is described that is designed for study of the relaxation characteristics of photoconductors in the wavelength range of 2-0.25 mm - in particular, to measure the relaxation times of the submillimeter photoconductivity of germanium in the range of 10/sup -4/-10/sup -9/ sec and to determine from these data the concentration of compensating impurities of from 10/sup 10/ to 10/sup 14/ cm/sup -3/. The instrument uses the beats of the oscillations of two BWTs and records the amplitude-frequency response of the specimen with variation of the beat frequency from 10/sup 4/ to 10/sup 8/ Hz with accumulation of the desired signal for less than or equal to1 sec by means of a quadrature synchronous detector. The beat frequency is stabilized and the quadrature voltages of the synchronous detector are formed by means of phase-locked loops.
Research Organization:
Moscow State Pedagogical Institute (USSR)
OSTI ID:
6473035
Journal Information:
Instrum. Exp. Tech. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Instrum. Exp. Tech. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 30:4; ISSN INETA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English