Guided modes in layered semiconductor terahertz structures

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 618-625

  Dietze, Daniel ^a   Darmo, Juraj ^a   Unterrainer, Karl ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Algorithms; conducting films; electromagnetic surface waves; Monte Carlo methods; plasmons; submillimeter wave waveguides; transfer matrices

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTING FILMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC SURFACE WAVES; SUBMILLIMETER-WAVE WAVEGUIDES; TRANSFER MATRICES; TRANSFER MATRIXES;

ALGORITHMS; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; ELECTROMAGNETISM; ELECTRON GAS; ELECTRON MOBILITY; GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; METAMATERIALS; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHASE INTERFACES; PLASMA OSCILLATIONS; PLASMONS; SUBMILLIMETER WAVES; SURFACE WAVES; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WATER WAVES; WAVEGUIDES;

TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD;

EID: 77953705382     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2010.2047379     Document Type: Article

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