THz local oscillator technology

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5498, Issue , 2004, Pages 103-112

  Mehdi, Imran ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

LO sources; Multipliers; THz technology

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT TOPOLOGIES; LO SOURCES; MULTIPLIERS; THZ TECHNOLOGY;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); BANDWIDTH; BOLOMETERS; DETECTORS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; FREQUENCIES; HETERODYNING; RADIO ASTRONOMY; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; TOPOLOGY;

SOLID STATE OSCILLATORS;

EID: 12744272135     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.552296     Document Type: Conference Paper

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