Terahertz dielectric properties of polystyrene foam

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1476-1479

  Zhao, Guozhong ^a   Ter Mors, Maarten ^a   Wenckebach, Tom ^a   Planken, Paul C M ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOWING AGENTS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; FOAMS; INFRARED TRANSMISSION; LIGHT EXTINCTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

POLYSTYRENES;

EID: 0011507546     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.001476     Document Type: Article

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