High-power operation of terahertz oscillators with resonant tunneling diodes using impedance-matched antennas and array configuration

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 136-143

  Suzuki, Safumi ^a   Shiraishi, Masato ^a   Shibayama, Hirotaka ^a   Asada, Masahiro ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Impedance matching technique; resonant tunneling diodes (RTDs); slot antennas; terahertz wave oscillators

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ANTENNA FEEDERS; DIODES; IMPEDANCE MATCHING (ELECTRIC); METAL INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; RESONANT TUNNELING; SLOT ANTENNAS; TERAHERTZ WAVES; TUNNEL DIODE OSCILLATORS;

ARRAY CONFIGURATIONS; HIGH-POWER OPERATION; IMPEDANCE MATCHING TECHNIQUE; METAL INSULATOR METALS; RADIATION CONDUCTANCES; RESONANT TUNNELING DIODE OSCILLATORS; TERA HERTZ; TERAHERTZ OSCILLATORS;

RESONANT TUNNELING DIODES;

EID: 84873342758     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2012.2215017     Document Type: Article

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