Four-leaf-clover-shaped antenna for a THz photomixer

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 18532-18542

  Woo, Insang ^a   Nguyen, Truong Khang ^a   Han, Haewook ^b   Lim, Hanjo ^a   Park, Ikmo ^a  

^a Ajou University   (South Korea)

^b Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DC POWER TRANSMISSION; TERAHERTZ WAVES;

ANTENNA CHARACTERISTICS; ANTENNA STRUCTURES; COMPUTATION TIME; DIRECTIVITY; INPUT RESISTANCE; OUTPUT POWER; PHOTOMIXERS; RADIATION ENVIRONMENTS; RESONANCE CHARACTERISTIC; RESONANT RADIATION; TERA HERTZ; THZ SOURCES; TOTAL EFFICIENCY;

LENS ANTENNAS;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICS; TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LENSES; LIGHT; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

EID: 77956386949     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.018532     Document Type: Article

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