Flared monopole antennas for 10-μm radiation

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 84-91

  Midrio, Michele ^a   Romagnoli, Marco ^b   Boscolo, Stefano ^a   De Angelis, Costantino ^c   Locatelli, Andrea ^c   Modotto, Daniele ^c   Capobianco, Antonio Daniele ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b Department of Photonics Based Applications ^*  (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antennas; energy resources; photothermal effects; plasmons

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PERFORMANCE; ELECTRICAL CURRENT; GEOMETRICAL PARAMETERS; GROUND PLANES; NICKEL-NICKEL OXIDE; OVERLAPPING REGIONS; PHOTOTHERMAL EFFECTS; POLARIZATION STATE; TERAHERTZ FIELDS; THERMAL RADIATIONS;

ANTENNA GROUNDS; ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ENERGY RESOURCES; NICKEL; NICKEL OXIDE; PLASMONS; TERMINALS (ELECTRIC);

MONOPOLE ANTENNAS;

EID: 78650995631     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2010.2057501     Document Type: Article

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