Numerical physics of subpicosecond electrical pulse generation by nonuniform gap illumination

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1672-1679

  Zhou, Xing ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b IEEE

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^e University of Rochester

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; LIGHTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SUBSTRATES; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

MICROSCOPIC SCATTERING; NONUNIFORM GAP ILLUMINATION; SUBPICOSECOND ELECTRICAL PULSE GENERATION;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 0030242011     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.535373     Document Type: Article

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