Fabrication and Characterization of Big-Bore Flexible Dielectric-Coated Metallic Terahertz Waveguides

Li Yiqing; Tan Zhiyong; Cao Juncheng; Tang Xiaoli; Shi Yiwei

doi:10.3788/aos201636.0106003

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