Wireless sub-THz communication system with high data rate

Nature Photonics

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 977-981

  Koenig, S ^a   Lopez Diaz, D ^b   Antes, J ^a,c   Boes, F ^a,c   Henneberger, R ^d   Leuther, A ^b   Tessmann, A ^b   Schmogrow, R ^a,e   Hillerkuss, D ^a,e   Palmer, R ^a   Zwick, T ^a   Koos, C ^a   Freude, W ^a   Ambacher, O ^b   Leuthold, J ^a,e   Kallfass, I ^b,c  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SOLID STATE PHYSICS IAF   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^d Radiometer Physics GmbH (RPG)   (Germany)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER FREQUENCY; FREQUENCY RANGES; MODE-LOCKED LASER; TERAHERTZ PHOTONICS; TRANSMITTING DATA; UNI-TRAVELLING-CARRIER PHOTODIODES; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PHOTODIODES; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

TERAHERTZ WAVES;

EID: 84889085245     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2013.275     Document Type: Article

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