An investigation of the lowest-order transverse-electric (TE1) mode of the parallel-plate waveguide for THz pulse propagation

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Mendis, Rajind ^a   Mittleman, Daniel M ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

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DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES; DIFFRACTION; ELASTIC WAVES; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; GROUP VELOCITY DISPERSION; TERAHERTZ WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVEGUIDES;

DIFFRACTION LOSS; FREQUENCY DEPENDENT; MODE PROPAGATION; PARALLEL PLATE WAVEGUIDE; PHYSICAL INTERPRETATION; PLANE WAVE ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL FILTERING; TRANSVERSE ELECTRICS;

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EID: 69049113805     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.26.0000A6     Document Type: Article

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