Superconducting emitters of THz radiation

Nature Photonics

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 702-710

  Welp, Ulrich ^a   Kadowaki, Kazuo ^b   Kleiner, Reinhold ^c  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMISSION LINEWIDTH; HIGH-FREQUENCY ELECTRIC CURRENT; JOSEPHSON EFFECT; LAYERED SUPERCONDUCTOR; MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS; NEW APPLICATIONS; SUPERCONDUCTING LAYER; TERAHERTZ FREQUENCY RANGE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; JOSEPHSON JUNCTION DEVICES; MEDICAL IMAGING; OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTORS; TERAHERTZ WAVES;

SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84883334559     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2013.216     Document Type: Review

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