Review of terahertz and subterahertz wireless communications

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Federici, John ^a   Moeller, Lothar ^b  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

10 GB/ S; 100 GHZ; CARRIER FREQUENCY; DATA RATES; INFRARED WIRELESS LINKS; SECURE COMMUNICATIONS; SHORT-RANGE COMMUNICATION; SUBTERAHERTZ; TERAHERTZ; THZ COMMUNICATIONS; THZ WAVES; TRANSMIT DATA; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

COMMUNICATION; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

TERAHERTZ WAVES;

EID: 77953654697     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3386413     Document Type: Review

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