Enhanced coupling of terahertz radiation to cylindrical wire waveguides

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 279-290

  Deibel, Jason A ^a   Wang, Kanglin ^a   Escarra, Matthew D ^a   Mittleman, Daniel M ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COUPLED CIRCUITS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; METALS; PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; RADIATION; SCATTERING; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); WIRE;

INPUT COUPLING EFFICIENCY; POLARIZED SURFACE WAVE; TERAHERTZ PULSE; WAVEGUIDE MODE;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 30344464076     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.14.000279     Document Type: Article

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