Polarization modulation of terahertz electromagnetic radiation by four-contact photoconductive antenna

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 4486-4493

  Hirota, Yuichi ^a   Hattori, Ryo ^b   Tani, Masahiko ^a   Hangyo, Masanori ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; LASER PULSES; LIGHT MODULATION; PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

PHOTOCONDUCTIVE ANTENNA;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

EID: 33646596284     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.004486     Document Type: Article

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