A CW photoconductive integrated photomixer/antenna THz source

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5354, Issue , 2004, Pages 94-103

  Saeedkia, D ^a   Majedi, A H ^a   Safavi Naeini, S ^a   Mansour, R R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Microwave photonics; Photoconductive patch antenna; Photomixers; THz technology

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT THEORY; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC LINES; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; MODAL ANALYSIS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PHOTONS;

MICROWAVE PHOTONICS; PHOTOCONDUCTIVE PATCH ANTENNAS; PHOTOMIXERS; THZ TECHNOLOGY;

PHOTOCONDUCTING DEVICES;

EID: 3042635340     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.528258     Document Type: Conference Paper

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