Terahertz waveform synthesis via optical pulse shaping

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 709-718

  Liu, Yongqian ^a,b,c,d,e   Park, Sang Gyu ^a,f   Weiner, A M ^{a,g,h,i,j,k,l}  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e Purdue University

^f Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^g MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h Bellcore ^*

ⁱ TELCORDIA TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^j Sch of Elec and Comp Engineering

^k OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^l IEEE

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPOLE ANTENNAS; INFRARED RADIATION; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTOCONDUCTING DEVICES; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

PROGRAMMABLE OPTICAL PULSE SHAPER; TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS;

EID: 0030230928     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.571771     Document Type: Article

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