Self-consistent coupled carrier transport full-wave EM analysis of semiconductor traveling-Wave devices

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1611-1617

  Bertazzi, Francesco ^a,b   Cappelluti, Federica ^a,b   Donati Guerrieri, Simona ^a,b   Bonani, Fabrizio ^a,b,c   Ghione, Giovanni ^a,b,d  

^a IEEE   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c Dipartimento di Elettronica Politecnico of Torino ^*

^d Associazione Elettrotecnica Italiana (AEI)

Author keywords

Coplanar waveguides (CPWs); Electroabsorption modulators (EAMs); Field carrier interactions; Finite element method (FEM); Ohmic losses; Slow wave effect

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC LOSSES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MICROWAVES; WAVEGUIDES;

COPLANAR WAVEGUIDES (CPWS); FIELD-CARRIER INTERACTIONS; OHMIC LOSSES; SLOW-WAVE EFFECT;

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

EID: 33645913847     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2006.871946     Document Type: Article

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