Analysis and design of a continuous-wave Terahertz photoconductive photomixer array source

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 4044-4050

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Continuous wave terahertz sources; Photomixers; Terahertz antenna array; Terahertz optoelectronics; Ultrafast photoconductors

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA RADIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRODES; LASER BEAMS; PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; SUBSTRATES;

CONTINUOUS WAVE TERAHERTZ SOURCES; PHOTOMIXERS; TERAHERTZ OPTOELECTRONICS; ULTRAFAST PHOTOCONDUCTORS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 29444440100     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2005.859909     Document Type: Article

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