Reshaping of freely propagating terahertz pulses by diffraction

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 701-708

  Nahata, Ajay ^a,b,c,d   Heinz, Tony F ^a,e,f,g,h,i  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c HONEYWELL   (United States)

^d OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^h IBM T J Watson Research Center ^*

ⁱ AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; INFRARED RADIATION;

TERAHERTZ PULSE SHAPING;

LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS;

EID: 0030231114     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.571770     Document Type: Article

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