Terahertz frequency multiplier operation of two dimensional plasmon resonant photomixer

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E89-C, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1005-1011

  Nishimura, Takuya ^a,b   Hanabe, Mitsuhiro ^a,b   Miyamoto, Masaki ^a   Otsuji, Taiichi ^b   Sano, Eiichi ^c  

^a KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Grating; Multiplier; Photomixer; Plasmon resonance; Terahertz

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; RADIATION EFFECTS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

GRATING; MULTIPLIER; PHOTOMIXER; PLASMON RESONANCE; TERAHERTZ;

FREQUENCY MULTIPLYING CIRCUITS;

EID: 33747879053     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: 17451353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ietele/e89-c.7.1005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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