Loss compensation in Metamaterials through embedding of active transistor based negative differential resistance circuits

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 22406-22411

  Xu, Wangren ^a   Padilla, Willie J ^b   Sonkusale, Sameer ^a  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAMATERIALS; NEGATIVE RESISTANCE; RING GAGES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE;

ACTIVE TRANSISTORS; BROAD FREQUENCY RANGE; CROSS-COUPLED; LOSS COMPENSATION; MAXIMUM OPERATING FREQUENCY; NEGATIVE DIFFERENTIAL RESISTANCES; OHMIC LOSS; QUALITY FACTORS; SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY; SPLITRING RESONATORS; TERA HERTZ; UNIT CELLS;

COUPLED CIRCUITS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMPEDANCE; SEMICONDUCTOR; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TRANSISTORS, ELECTRONIC;

EID: 84866698584     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.022406     Document Type: Article

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