Design and realization of THz InAlAs/InGaAs InP-based PHEMTs

WANG Zhi-Ming; HUANG Hui; HU Zhi-Fu; ZHAO Zhuo-Bin; CUI Yu-Xing; SUN Xi-Guo; LI Liang; FU Xing-Chang; LYU Xin

doi:10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2018.02.002

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