Frequency-division multiplexing in the terahertz range using a leaky-wave antenna

Nature Photonics

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 717-720

  Karl, Nicholas J ^a   McKinney, Robert W ^a   Monnai, Yasuaki ^b   Mendis, Rajind ^a   Mittleman, Daniel M ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; BROADBAND NETWORKS; DEMULTIPLEXING; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; PLATE METAL; TERAHERTZ WAVES; WAVEGUIDES;

AVAILABLE BANDWIDTH; DEVICE ARCHITECTURES; INDEPENDENT CONTROL; LEAKY WAVE ANTENNAS; PARALLEL PLATE WAVEGUIDE; POLARIZATION CONTROL; SPECTRUM ALLOCATION; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

TRAVELING WAVE ANTENNAS;

EID: 84946482391     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2015.176     Document Type: Article

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