Monolithically integrated THz transceivers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7953, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Wanke, Michael C ^a   Lee, Mark ^a,b   Norquist, Christopher D ^a   Cich, Michael J ^a   Grine, Albert D ^c   Fuller, Chuck T ^a   Reno, John L ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c LMATA Government Services LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterodyne receiver; Quantum cascade laser; Terahertz; Transceivers

Indexed keywords

HETERODYNE RECEIVERS; INCIDENT RADIATION; LASER DYNAMICS; MONOLITHICALLY INTEGRATED; QUANTUM CASCADES; RETRO REFLECTION; SCHOTTKY DIODES; TERA HERTZ; THZ QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS;

HETERODYNING; LASERS; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; RADIO RECEIVERS; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; TRANSCEIVERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 79953091891     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.876800     Document Type: Conference Paper

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