Superheterodyne amplification of surface ultrasonic waves in a monolithic layered piezoelectric-semiconductor structure
Kmita A.M., Kotelyanskii I.M., Medved' A.V., Fedorets V.N.
We present some results of an experimental study of the nonlinear interaction between ultrasonic surface waves of two different frequencies in a monolithic layered structure made up of lithium niobate and CdSe films under supersonic electron drift. It is observed that the electron amplification coefficient of a 28-MHz elastic surface wave increases in the presence of an intense 95-MHz wave at a definite conductivity of the CdSe film. Generation of elastic surface waves at the sum and difference frequencies (123 and 56 MHz, respectively) is observed in this case.