Frontiers of Optoelectronics, Volume. 18, Issue 1, 4(2025)

Numerical study of terahertz radiation from N‑polar AlGaN/GaN HEMT under asymmetric boundaries

Xing Runxian, Guo Hongyang, Guo Bohan, Yu Guohao, Zhang Ping, Zhou Jia'an, Yang An, Li Yu, Hao Chunfeng, Yue Huixin, Zeng Zhongming, Zhang Xinping, and Zhang Baoshun
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Xing Runxian, Guo Hongyang, Guo Bohan, Yu Guohao, Zhang Ping, Zhou Jia'an, Yang An, Li Yu, Hao Chunfeng, Yue Huixin, Zeng Zhongming, Zhang Xinping, Zhang Baoshun. Numerical study of terahertz radiation from N‑polar AlGaN/GaN HEMT under asymmetric boundaries[J]. Frontiers of Optoelectronics, 2025, 18(1): 4

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Category: RESEARCH ARTICLE

Received: Sep. 28, 2024

Accepted: Apr. 30, 2025

Published Online: Apr. 30, 2025

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DOI:10.1007/s12200-025-00148-4

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