Radiation pattern measurements of an integrated transverse electromagnetic horn antenna using a terahertz photomixing setup

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-51

  Prissette, L ^a   Ducournau, Guillaume ^a   Akalin, T ^a   Peytavit, E ^a   Beck, A ^a   Zaknoune, M ^a   Ducatteau, D ^a   Lampin, J F ^a  

^a INSTITUT D ELECTRONIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Horn antennas; photodiodes; submillimeter wave antennas; submillimeter wave generation

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC SIMULATION; MONOLITHICALLY INTEGRATED; PHOTOMIXING; RADIATION PATTERN MEASUREMENTS; RADIATION PATTERNS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SUB-HARMONIC MIXER; SUBMILLIMETER WAVE ANTENNAS; SUBMILLIMETER WAVE GENERATION; TERAHERTZ PHOTOMIXING; TRANSVERSE ELECTROMAGNETIC HORN ANTENNAS; UNI-TRAVELLING-CARRIER PHOTODIODES;

ELECTROMAGNETISM; HORN ANTENNAS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PHOTODIODES; SUBMILLIMETER WAVES; TERAHERTZ WAVES;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 78651276603     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2010.2088383     Document Type: Article

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