Monte Carlo simulation of threshold bandwidth for high-order harmonic extraction

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1171-1178

  Shiktorov, P ^a   Starikov, E ^a   Gruzinskis V ^a   Perez S ^b   Gonzalez T ^b   Reggiani, L ^c   Varani, L ^d   Vaissiere J C ^d  

^a LITHUANIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c NATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER II   (France)

Author keywords

Frequency multiplication; Monte Carlo simulation; Terahertz generation

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; GUNN EFFECT; HARMONIC GENERATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; VELOCITY;

FREQUENCY MULTIPLICATION; HARMONIC EXTRACTION; TERAHERTZ RADIATION GENERATION; VELOCITY FLUCTUATION;

SOLID STATE DEVICES;

EID: 0041672340     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2003.813461     Document Type: Article

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