Coupling terahertz radiation onto a metal wire using a subwavelength coaxial aperture

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 9022-9028

  Agrawal, Amit ^a   Nahata, Ajay ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAXIAL CABLES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; WAVELENGTH;

EVANESCENT MODES; FABRICATION TOLERANCE; SUBWAVELENGTH COAXIAL APERTURE; TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

EID: 34547196862     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.009022     Document Type: Article

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