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Photonic crystal-structures for THz vacuum electron devices. / Letizia, Rosa; Mineo, Mauro; Paoloni, Claudio.
In: IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, Vol. 62, No. 1, 01.2015, p. 178-183.

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Letizia, R, Mineo, M & Paoloni, C 2015, 'Photonic crystal-structures for THz vacuum electron devices', IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, vol. 62, no. 1, pp. 178-183. https://doi.org/10.1109/TED.2014.2366639

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Letizia, R., Mineo, M., & Paoloni, C. (2015). Photonic crystal-structures for THz vacuum electron devices. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 62(1), 178-183. https://doi.org/10.1109/TED.2014.2366639

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Letizia R, Mineo M, Paoloni C. Photonic crystal-structures for THz vacuum electron devices. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. 2015 Jan;62(1):178-183. Epub 2014 Nov 20. doi: 10.1109/TED.2014.2366639

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Letizia, Rosa ; Mineo, Mauro ; Paoloni, Claudio. / Photonic crystal-structures for THz vacuum electron devices. In: IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. 2015 ; Vol. 62, No. 1. pp. 178-183.

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