Photonic generation of continuous THz wave using uni-traveling-carrier photodiode

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 4016-4021

  Ito, Hiroshi ^a   Furuta, Tomofumi ^a   Nakajima, Fumito ^a   Yoshino, Kaoru ^a   Ishibashi, Tadao ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electron velocity overshoot; Planar antenna; Quasi optical output module; Semiconductor heterojunction; Submillimeter wave generation; Uni traveling carrier photodiode (UTC PD)

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MILLIMETER WAVES; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PHOTODIODES; SUBMILLIMETER WAVES;

ELECTRON-VELOCITY OVERSHOOT; PLANAR ANTENNA; QUASI-OPTICAL MODULE; SUBMILLIMTER WAVE GENERATION; UNI-TRAVELING CARRIER PHOTODIODE (UTC-PD);

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 31344460144     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2005.858221     Document Type: Article

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