Measurement and calculation of the orientation dependence of terahertz pulse detection in ZnTe

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 313-317

  Planken, Paul C M ^a   Nienhuys, Han Kwang ^b   Bakker, Huib J ^b   Wenckebach, Tom ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

TERAHERTZ PULSE DETECTION;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 0000142787     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.18.000313     Document Type: Article

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