Graphene-based plasmonic nano-antenna for terahertz band communication in nanonetworks

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 685-694

  Jornet, Josep Miquel ^a   Akyildiz, Ian F ^b  

^a State University of New York ^*  (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

graphene; Nano antenna; nanonetworks; plasmonics; terahertz band

Indexed keywords

ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS (GNRS); NANO ANTENNAS; NANO-NETWORKS; PLASMONICS; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; TERAHERTZ BAND; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

ANTENNAS; COMMUNICATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; GRAPHENE; MILITARY APPLICATIONS; PLASMONS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TERAHERTZ WAVES; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

NANORIBBONS;

EID: 84893131099     PISSN: 07338716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSAC.2013.SUP2.1213001     Document Type: Article

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