Terahertz sources based on frequency multiplication and their applications

Frequenz

Volumn 62, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 118-122

  Maestrini, Alain ^a   Ward, John ^b   Chattopadhyay, Goutam ^b   Schlecht, Erich ^b   Mehdi, Imran ^b  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency multipliers; GaAs membrane; Schottky diode; Sources; THz technology; Waveguide

Indexed keywords

ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY; WAVEGUIDES;

DIVERSE APPLICATIONS; FREQUENCY MULTIPLICATION; FREQUENCY MULTIPLIER; GAAS MEMBRANE; HETERODYNE RECEIVERS; LOW-LOSS WAVEGUIDES; SCHOTTKY DIODES; THZ TECHNOLOGY;

FREQUENCY MULTIPLYING CIRCUITS;

EID: 49549117319     PISSN: 00161136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/FREQ.2008.62.5-6.118     Document Type: Article

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