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Photonics Research, Volume. 9, Issue 3, 370(2021)

Terahertz wave avalanche breakdown transistor for high-performance switching

Weijun Wang1,2,3、†, Liang-Hui Du2,4、†, Jiang Li2,4, Pei-Ren Tang2, Changlin Sun2, Songlin Chen3, Jun Wang5, Zhao-Hui Zhai2,4, Zhipeng Gao2, Ze-Ren Li2,4, Jianquan Yao6, Furi Ling1,3,7, and Li-Guo Zhu2,4、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
  • 2Institute of Fluid Physics, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, China
  • 3School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
  • 4Microsystem & Terahertz Research Center, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Chengdu 610200, China
  • 5School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China
  • 6College of Precision Instrument and Optoelectronics Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
  • 7e-mail: lingfuri@hust.edu.cn
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    Category: Optical Devices

    Received: Jul. 28, 2020

    Accepted: Dec. 22, 2020

    Published Online: Mar. 9, 2021

    The Author Email: Li-Guo Zhu (zhuliguo@tsinghua.org.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.403926

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