Wavenumber-domain theory of terahertz single-walled carbon nanotube antenna

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 166-175

  Zhao, Mo ^a   Yu, Minrui ^a   Blick, Robert H ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna theory; carbon nanotube; nanotechnology; terahertz

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA THEORY; BOLTZMANN TRANSPORT EQUATION; ELECTRON DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; FREE SPACE; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; HALF WAVELENGTH; METALLIC SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; NUMERICAL RESULTS; RADIATION PROPERTIES; RELAXATION FREQUENCY; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON; SPATIAL DISPERSION; TERA HERTZ; TERAHERTZ ANTENNAS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

CARBON NANOTUBES; DIPOLE ANTENNAS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SURFACE WAVES;

TERAHERTZ WAVES;

EID: 84856953705     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2011.2111361     Document Type: Article

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