Generation of CW terahertz radiation with photomixing

Topics in Applied Physics

Volumn 97, Issue , 2005, Pages 157-202

  Matsuura, Shuji ^a,b,c   Ito, Hiroshi ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^d NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

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EID: 33748803017     PISSN: 03034216     EISSN: 14370859     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/10828028_6     Document Type: Article

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