Subterahertz superlattice parametric oscillator

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2005, Pages

  Renk, K F ^a   Stahl, B I ^a   Rogl, A ^a   Janzen, T ^a   Pavel'ev, D G ^b   Koshurinov, Yu I ^b   Ustinov, V ^c   Zhukov, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b LOBACHEVSKY STATE UNIVERSITY OF NIZHNY NOVGOROD   (Russian Federation)

^c IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAAS/ALAS SUPERLATTICE; HARMONIC RADIATION; SUBTERAHERTZ FREQUENCIES; SUPERLATTICE PARAMETRIC OSCILLATOR;

MICROWAVES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR SUPERLATTICES;

PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

EID: 27144437590     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.126801     Document Type: Article

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