Greatly enhanced continuous-wave terahertz emission by nano-electrodes in a photoconductive photomixer

Nature Photonics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 121-126

  Tanoto, H ^a   Teng, J H ^a   Wu, Q Y ^a   Sun, M ^b   Chen, Z N ^b   Maier, S A ^c   Wang, B ^a   Chum, C C ^a   Si, G Y ^d   Danner, A J ^d   Chua, S J ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE FOR INFOCOMM RESEARCH   (Singapore)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 85027930243     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2011.322     Document Type: Article

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