Properties of point-contact warm carrier devices, when used as harmonic mixers in the CO
2 laser frequency region, were investigated. Harmonic mixing experiments were carried out by using the 8.93GHz microwave source and the two CO
2 lasers operating at different frequencies. The results showed that the point-contact warm carrier device works as a detector and mixer at CO
2 laser frequency as does the W-Ni point-contact MOM diode.
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