Novel sources and detectors for coherent tunable narrow-band terahertz radiation in free space

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2783-2791

  Weling, Aniruddha S ^a   Auston, David H ^a,b  

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

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030376917     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.13.002783     Document Type: Article

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