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        <journal-title>Materials physics and mechanics</journal-title>
        <trans-title-group xml:lang="ru">
          <trans-title>Механика и физика материалов</trans-title>
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      <issn pub-type="epub">1605-8119</issn>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">11</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18720/MPM.4422020_11</article-id>
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        <article-title>Terahertz emitters based on negative-U materials for medical applications</article-title>
        <trans-title-group xml:lang="ru">
          <trans-title>Terahertz emitters based on negative-U materials for medical applications</trans-title>
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          <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">0000-0001-8286-3472</contrib-id>
          <name>
            <surname>Bagraev</surname>
            <given-names>N.T.</given-names>
          </name>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Golovin</surname>
          </name>
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        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Khromov</surname>
          </name>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">0000-0001-7577-1262</contrib-id>
          <name>
            <surname>Klyachkin</surname>
            <given-names>L.E.</given-names>
          </name>
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        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">0000-0002-4667-7004</contrib-id>
          <name>
            <surname>Malyarenko</surname>
            <given-names>A.M.</given-names>
          </name>
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        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Mashkov</surname>
          </name>
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        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Novikov</surname>
          </name>
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        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Presnukhina</surname>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4"/>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Reukov</surname>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4"/>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Taranets</surname>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/>
        </contrib>
      </contrib-group>
      <aff id="aff1">Ioffe Institute</aff>
      <aff id="aff2">Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University</aff>
      <aff id="aff3">Dipole Structures LLC</aff>
      <aff id="aff4">Almazov National Medical Research Centre</aff>
      <pub-date publication-format="electronic" date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2020-07-10">
        <day>10</day>
        <month>07</month>
        <year>2020</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>44</volume>
      <issue>2</issue>
      <fpage>264</fpage>
      <lpage>270</lpage>
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      <abstract xml:lang="en">
        <p>The characteristics of terahertz (THz) irradiation generated by a silicon nanosandwich structure under the conditions of a stabilized drain-source current are demonstrated. The frequency of irradiation arising from the quantum Faraday effect is determined by the parameters of microcavities embedded in the edge channels of a silicon nanosandwich structure confined by the negative-U centers. The obtained characteristics of a compact THz irradiation source determine the basis for highly effective medical applications.</p>
      </abstract>
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        <kwd>silicon nanosandwich structure</kwd>
        <kwd>negative-U centers</kwd>
        <kwd>terahertz irradiation</kwd>
        <kwd>IR Fourier spectrometer</kwd>
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