Modulation of submillimeter wave radiation by laser-produced free carriers in semiconductors

Electronics and Communications in Japan, Part II: Electronics (English translation of Denshi Tsushin Gakkai Ronbunshi)

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1-9

  Nozokido, Tatsuo ^a   Minamide, Hiroaki ^b   Mizuno, Koji ^b  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Modulation; Optical control; Semiconductor substrate; Submillimeter wave; Variable pulse width

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; LASER PULSES; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL VARIABLES CONTROL; Q SWITCHED LASERS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE PHENOMENA;

SUBMILLIMETER WAVES; VARIABLE PULSE WIDTH;

LIGHT MODULATION;

EID: 0031153498     PISSN: 8756663X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6432(199706)80:6<1::AID-ECJB1>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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