Polarization state measurement of terahertz electromagnetic radiation by three-contact photoconductive antenna

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 11650-11657

  Makabe, Hiroyuki ^a   Hirota, Yuichi ^a   Tani, Masahiko ^a   Hangyo, Masanori ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; DICHROISM; ELLIPSOMETRY; PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY;

PHOTOCONDUCTIVE ANTENNA; POLARIZATION SENSITIVE DETECTION; WIRE-GRID POLARIZERS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION;

EID: 34548409185     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.011650     Document Type: Article

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