Features of propagation and absorption of electromagnetic signals in periodic structures of conducting and dielectric layers
Bogatskaya A.V.1,2,3, Klenov N.V.1, Nikiforova P.M.1,4, Popov A.M.1,2, Schegolev A.E.3,4
1Department of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
2Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
3Moscow Technical University of Communications and Informatics, Moscow, Russia
4Lomonosov Moscow State University, Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Moscow, Russia
Email: annabogatskaya@gmail.com, alexander.m.popov@gmail.com

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Different regimes of electromagnetic signal transmission through heterostructures formed by a sequence of conducting and non-conducting layers are discussed for various ratios between the frequency of radiation and the transport frequency of electron scattering in the conducting layers. Possibility to increase the efficiency of detecting or filtering electromagnetic radiation in a wide range of frequency range (from subTHz to far IR) in such structures is analyzed. Keywords: propagation of electromagnetic waves in heterostructures, resonant tunneling, THz-IR detectors, bolometers.
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