Characteristics of metal-insulator-metal diodes as generators of far-infrared radiation

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 350-356

  Odashima, Hitoshi ^a,b,c   Yamamoto, Ken'ichiro ^a   Matsushima, Fusakazu ^a,b,d,e   Tsunekawa, Shozo ^a,c,f,g   Takagi, Kojiro ^a,b,h,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c National Laboratory for High Energy Physics   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e JAPAN SOCIETY OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^g KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; DIODES; INFRARED RADIATION;

FAR INFRARED RADIATION; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MIXER GENERATORS;

MIM DEVICES;

EID: 0030087219     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.481883     Document Type: Article

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