Isolated carbon nanotubes as high-impedance transmission lines for microwave through terahertz frequencies

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 289-296

  Hagmann, Mark Joseph ^a  

^a Deseret Electronics Research Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Nanotechnology; Submillimeter wave wave guides; Transmission lines; Waveguides

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC LINES; INDUCTANCE; LASER PULSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVES; QUANTUM THEORY; SUBMILLIMETER WAVES; WAVEGUIDES;

DISTRIBUTED ELEMENT TRANSMISSION LINE MODELS; ENVIRONMENT QUANTUM FLUCTUATION (EQF) THEORY; PLANAR CONDUCTING SURFACES; TERAHERTZ FREQUENCIES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 15844407898     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2004.842040     Document Type: Article

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