Carbon-nanotube field-emitter driven compact, frequency-scanning THz source

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6549, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Papadakis, S J ^a   Monica, A H ^a   Yu, J ^b   Miragliotta, J A ^a   Osiander, R ^a   Antonsen, T ^b   Nusinovich, G ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b The Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Field emission; Sheet beam; Terahertz radiation

Indexed keywords

SHEET BEAM; TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRONS; FIELD EMISSION; RESONANCE; SCANNING;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 35948933499     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.722953     Document Type: Conference Paper

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