Accurate modeling of dual dipole and slot elements used with photomixers for coherent terahertz output power

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 49, Issue 6 I, 2001, Pages 1032-1038

  Duffy, Sean M ^a,b   Verghese, S ^a,b   McIntosh, K A ^b   Jackson, Andrew ^c   Gossard, A C ^c   Matsuura, S ^d  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c University of California   (United States)

^d JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Equivalent circuits; Modeling; Photoconducting devices; Submillimeter wave antennas; Submillimeter wave mixers

Indexed keywords

PHOTOMIXERS;

DIPOLE ANTENNAS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; IMPEDANCE MATCHING (ELECTRIC); MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SLOT ANTENNAS;

PHOTOCONDUCTING DEVICES;

EID: 0035368295     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.925487     Document Type: Article

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