A submilliwatt terahertz high-temperature superconductive photomixer array source: Analysis and design

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 3868-3873

  Saeedkia, Daryoosh ^a   Mansoui, Raafat R ^a   Safavi Naeini, Safieddin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Continuous wave terahertz sources; High temperature superconductor (HTS); Photomixers; Terahertz antenna array; Terahertz technology

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS;

CONTINUOUS-WAVE TERAHERTZ SOURCES; HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTOR (HTS); PHOTOMIXERS; TERAHERTZ ANTENNA ARRAY; TERAHERTZ TECHNOLOGY;

SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

EID: 25444473679     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2005.852908     Document Type: Article

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