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Conversion of energy from DC to RF has been demonstrated with an impulse-excited coaxial resonant cavity using picosecond optoelectronic switching techniques. A single pulse is capable of generating more than a hundred RF cycles with an energy conversion efficiency greater than 50%. Frequencies up to 3 GHz have been generated, and CW oscillations at 1.6 GHz have been obtained.
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Li, M.G. et al. (1985). Direct DC to RF Conversion by Impulse Excitation of a Resonant Cavity. In: Mourou, G.A., Bloom, D.M., Lee, CH. (eds) Picosecond Electronics and Optoelectronics. Springer Series in Electrophysics, vol 21. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70780-3_44
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