Bright MM-wave and THz luminescence by down-conversion of near-IR amplified-spontaneous-emission

International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1691-1702

  Brown, E R ^a   Bjarnason, J E ^a   Wilkinson, T L J ^a   Driscoll, D C ^b   Hanson, M ^a   Gossard, A C ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b Arkansas Power Electronics International Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Brightness temperature; Infrared spontaneous emission; Photomixing; Terahertz radiation

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; INFRARED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; PHOTOMIXING; TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

AMPLIFICATION; CAPACITORS; INFRARED RADIATION; LUMINESCENCE; PHOTOCONDUCTING DEVICES; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

MILLIMETER WAVES;

EID: 32044455314     PISSN: 01959271     EISSN: 15729559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10762-005-0290-7     Document Type: Article

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