Terahertz photomixers based on ultra-wideband horn antennas;Photomélangeurs térahertz à antennes cornet ultra-large bande

Comptes Rendus Physique

Volumn 11, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 472-479

  Beck, Alexandre ^a   Akalin, Tahsin ^a   Ducournau, Guillaume ^a   Peytavit, Emilien ^a   Lampin, Jean François ^a  

^a INSTITUT D ELECTRONIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Horn antenna; Photodiode; Photomixing; Terahertz waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957910782     PISSN: 16310705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crhy.2010.05.006     Document Type: Short Survey

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