Improvement of THz coupling using a tapered parallel-plate waveguide

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1289-1295

  Kim, Sang Hoon ^a   Lee, Eui Su ^a   Ji, Young Bin ^a   Jeon, Tae In ^a  

^a Korea Maritime University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LENSES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

IMPEDANCE MISMATCH; PARALLEL PLATE WAVEGUIDE; PLATE SEPARATION; SIMULATION STUDIES; THZ WAVES;

DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERAHERTZ RADIATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSDUCER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICAL DEVICES; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERAHERTZ RADIATION; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 75249104782     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.001289     Document Type: Article

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