Physical Insight Into Frequency-Dependent Nonlinearities in AlGaN/GaN HEMTs

[EN]We investigate the frequency-dependent nonlinearities of an AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) involved in terahertz (THz) detection by means of 2-D Monte Carlo (MC) simulations. The analysis shows that, below 1 THz, the responsivity roll-off is mainly governed by the passive mic...

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Autores: García Sánchez, Sergio, Íñiguez-de-la-Torre, Ignacio, Paz-Martínez, Gaudencio, Artillan, Philippe, González Sánchez, Tomás, Mateos López, Javier
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión borrador
Fecha de publicación:2026
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)
Repositorio:GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamanca
OAI Identifier:oai:gredos.usal.es:10366/170603
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10366/170603
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Logic gates
Terahertz radiation
Radio frequency
MODFETs
HEMTs
Field effect transistors
Monte Carlo (MC) simulations
Zero-bias detector
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Sumario:[EN]We investigate the frequency-dependent nonlinearities of an AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) involved in terahertz (THz) detection by means of 2-D Monte Carlo (MC) simulations. The analysis shows that, below 1 THz, the responsivity roll-off is mainly governed by the passive microwave behavior of the device rather than by any limitation of the intrinsic detection mechanism. At higher frequencies, an inverse extraction method able to provide the intrinsic nonlinearity coefficients of the device reveals just a marginal broad enhancement around 1 THz, followed by a steep roll-off.