Tunable CW-THz system with a log-periodic photoconductive emitter

Solid-State Electronics

Volumn 48, Issue 10-11 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 2041-2045

  Mendis, Rajind ^a   Sydlo, Cezary ^a   Sigmund, Jochen ^a   Feiginov, Michael ^a   Meissner, Peter ^a   Hartnagel, Hans L ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Log periodic antenna; LTG GaAs; Photomixer; THz

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FREQUENCIES; LENSES; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTOCURRENTS; POLARIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EMITTER DESIGN; LOG-PERIODIC ANTENNA; LOW-TEMPERATURE-GROWN (LTG)-GAAS; TETRAHERTZ (THZ);

PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 3142727264     PISSN: 00381101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sse.2004.05.055     Document Type: Conference Paper

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