Terahertz waves for communications and sensing

Johns Hopkins APL Technical Digest (Applied Physics Laboratory)

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 348-355

  Fitch, Michael J ^a   Osiander, Robert ^a,b  

^a APL's Research and Technology Development Center   (United States)

^b MURI Program   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY BAND; TERAHERTZ WAVES; WAVE BANDS;

BANDWIDTH; MICROWAVES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SENSORS; SPECTROSCOPY; WAVE FILTERS;

TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 26444453268     PISSN: 02705214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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