Terahertz polariton propagation in patterned materials

Nature Materials

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 95-98

  Stoyanov, Nikolay S ^a   Ward, David W ^a   Feurer, Thomas ^a   Nelson, Keith A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRRADIATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; RADIATION EFFECTS;

POLARITONS;

MATERIALS SCIENCE;

LITHIUM; LITHIUM NIOBATE; LITHIUM TANTALATE OXIDE; NIOBIUM; OXIDE; TANTALUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRON; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER; MATERIALS; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; SEMICONDUCTOR; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETICS; ELECTRONS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INTERFEROMETRY; LASERS; LITHIUM; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROWAVES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NIOBIUM; OXIDES; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SEMICONDUCTORS; TANTALUM;

EID: 0013355424     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat725     Document Type: Article

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