Optoelectronic Mixer Based on Graphene FET

We present optoelectronic mixing phenomenon in graphene FET (GFET) and give a brief analysis for the first time. Demonstrated by a measurement system, two operating modes of optoelectronic mixer (OE-mixer) circuits are proposed, either of them mixing optical and electrical signals directly using a single GFET. Optoelectronic conversion losses of 24 and 35 dB are obtained in a 50-Ω impedance system, respectively. GFET OE-mixer might be of strong importance for radio over fiber systems, millimeter wave, and terahertz frequencies applications.