Summary
International Symposium on Nonlinear Theory and its Applications
2017
Session Number:A3L-A
Session:
Number:A3L-A-8
Single-Electron Decoder Circuits for Communication Systems Using Photoelectric Effect and ElectronWave Frequency Discrimination
Jinya Sato, Shota Hayakawa, Atsushi Setsuie, Hisato Fujisaka, Takeshi Kamio,
pp.221-224
Publication Date:2017/12/4
Online ISSN:2188-5079
Summary:
Applications of quantum mechanical phenomena to front-end parts in receivers of Tera-hertz (THz) sensing and communication systems have been studied for minitualization and low-power consumption. THz-detection by photoelectric effect and frequency discrimination by electron-wave coupling and refraction are the examples of the studies. The studies are the attempts to classify photoelectrons by their momentum depending on the frequency of the received THz wave. If the time sequence of the classification represents transmitted data and a decoder circuit analyzing the sequence can be developed, communication equipped with error correction is attained. In this report, such decoder circuits are designed with single-electron tunneling junctions which are suitable to deal with photoelectrons. In addition, circuit simulation presents that the designed decoders function as intended.