Multifunctional nanodevices for energy harvesting in unconventional spectral ranges

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7679, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Imafidon, Osagie ^a   Georgakopoulos, Stavros ^a   Vabbina, Phani Kiran ^a   Pala, Nezih ^a  

^a Florida International University   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna; diode; MIM diodes; nanoantennas; nanorectennas; nanotubes; rectenna

Indexed keywords

ANSOFT HFSS; BROADBAND OPERATION; COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; DC POWER; DIFFERENT GEOMETRY; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; GEOMETRIC PARAMETER; INDUCED VOLTAGES; MIM DIODES; NANO-DEVICES; NANOANTENNAS; NANORECTENNAS; NOVEL DEVICES; NUMERICAL COMPUTATIONS; OPTIMUM GEOMETRY; PLANE WAVE; POWER CONVERSION; RECTENNAS; SPECTRAL RANGE; THIN OXIDE LAYERS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS; DC POWER TRANSMISSION; DIODES; ELECTRIC WIRE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ELECTROMAGNETISM; ENERGY HARVESTING; GEOMETRY; HARVESTING; MILITARY APPLICATIONS; MIM DEVICES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; NANOWIRES; SENSORS; TERAHERTZ WAVES;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 79953742827     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.855193     Document Type: Conference Paper

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