Development of EM wave guide amplifier potentially used for sea bed logging

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1361-1365

  Akhtar, M N ^a   Yahya, N ^a   Daud, H ^a   Shafie, A ^a   Zaid, H M ^a   Kashif, M ^a   Nasir, N ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

EM wave guide amplifier; EM waves; Receiver; Sea bed logging; Transmitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953296900     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2011.1361.1365     Document Type: Article

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