A plasma shutter for far-infrared laser radiation

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2058-2063

  Knittel, Joachim ^a,b,c,d   Scherrer, Damien P ^a,b   Kneubühl, Fritz Kurt ^a,b,e,f,g  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b University of Konstanz ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^f Infrared Physics Laboratory ETH

^g EPS

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER BEAMS; LASER PULSES; OPTICAL SHUTTERS; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMA DEVICES; PLASMA SOURCES; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS;

FAR INFRARED LASER PULSES; PLASMA SHUTTER;

ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

EID: 0030380233     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.544750     Document Type: Article

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