Generation and detection of terahertz pulses from biased semiconductor antennas

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2424-2436

  Jepsen, P Uhd ^a   Jacobsen, R H ^a   Keiding, S R ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; CHARGE CARRIERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PHOTODETECTORS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

PHOTOCONDUCTIVE SEMICONDUCTOR ANTENNAS; TERAHERTZ EMITTERS; ULTRASHORT TERAHERTZ PULSES;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 0030287070     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.13.002424     Document Type: Article

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