Semi-analytical calculation of terahertz signal generated from photocurrent radiation in traveling-wave photonic mixers

International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 809-822

  Neshat, Mohammad ^a   Saeedkia, Daryoosh ^a   Safavi Naeini, Safieddin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coplanar stripline; Distributed source; Green's function; Photonic mixer; Terahertz

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS MEDIA; COMPLEX IMAGES; COPLANAR STRIPLINE (CPS); DISTRIBUTED SOURCES; FULL-WAVE ANALYSIS (FWA); MULTILAYER (ML); PHOTOMIXER; PHOTONIC MIXERS; SEMI-ANALYTICAL; SEMI-ANALYTICAL METHODS; SPECTRAL DOMAIN METHOD (SDM); TERAHERTZ (THZ); TRANSMISSION LINE (TL); TRANSMISSION LINE EQUATIONS; TRANSMISSION LINE MODEL (TLM); TRAVELING WAVES; VOLTAGE SOURCES;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); POWER TRANSMISSION; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE; STRIP TELECOMMUNICATION LINES; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY; WAVEGUIDES;

ELECTRIC LINES;

EID: 48449087693     PISSN: 01959271     EISSN: 15729559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10762-008-9388-z     Document Type: Article

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