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A search for pulse signals was carried out in a new sky area included in the monitoring program for the search for pulsars and transients. Processing of several months data recorded in six frequency channels with a total bandwidth of 2.5…
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We report on the response characteristics of plasmonic terahertz field-effect transistors (TeraFETs) fed with femtosecond and picosecond pulses. Varying the pulse width (tpw) from 10-15 s to 10-10 s under a constant input power condition…
Basing on 2D computer simulation of physical processes in high-voltage reversibly-switched dynistors (RSD) important peculiarities of their submicrosecond pulse performance mechanisms have been studied. It is characteristic that on early…
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