Terahertz photomixing in low-temperature-grown GaAs

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3357, Issue , 1998, Pages 132-142

  Brown, Elliott R ^a,b   Verghese, Simon ^a   McIntosh, K A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

GaAs; Laser diodes; Photoconductive mixing; Planar antennas; THz radiation

Indexed keywords

DIODES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODES; EPITAXIAL FILMS; GALLIUM ALLOYS; LASERS; MICROELECTRONIC PROCESSING; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; TELESCOPES;

GAAS; LASER DIODES; PHOTOCONDUCTIVE MIXING; PLANAR ANTENNAS; THZ RADIATION;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 0344786430     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.317346     Document Type: Conference Paper

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