Opening the terahertz window with integrated diode circuits

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2104-2109

  Crowe, Thomas W ^a,b,c   Bishop, William L ^a,c   Porterfield, David W ^a,c   Hesler, Jeffrey L ^a,b,c,d,e   Weikle II, Robert M ^a,b,d,e  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA DIODES INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering ^*

Author keywords

Terahertz detectors; Terahertz sources; Terahertz technology

Indexed keywords

TERAHERTZ DETECTORS; TERAHERTZ SOURCES; TERAHERTZ TECHNOLOGY;

MAGNETOELECTRIC EFFECTS; MICROWAVES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES;

INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 27844471999     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2005.854599     Document Type: Conference Paper

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