GaAs Schottky Diodes for THz Mixing Applications

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 1992, Pages 1827-1841

  Roser, Hans Peter ^a   Crowe, Thomas W ^b   Mattauch, Robert J ^b   Bishop, William L ^b   Peatman, William C B ^b   Liu, Xiaolei ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 0003742268     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: 15582256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5.175258     Document Type: Article

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