Loss mechanisms for T-ray microwires

IRMMW-THz2007 - Conference Digest of the Joint 32nd International Conference on Infrared and Millimetre Waves, and 15th International Conference on Terahertz Electronics

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 811-812

  Atakaramians, Shaghik ^a   Vahid, Shahraam Afshar ^a   Fischer, Bernd M ^a   Abbott, Derek ^a   Monro, Tanya M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MILLIMETER WAVES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

LOSS MECHANISMS; MICRO WIRE; TERA HERTZ; TOTAL LOSS;

TERAHERTZ WAVES;

EID: 45249106145     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/icimw.2007.4516743     Document Type: Conference Paper

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