Widely tunable THz-wave generation by nonlinear optics

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E81-C, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 264-268

  Ito, Hiromasa ^a   Kawase, Kodo ^a   Shikata, Jun Ichi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryogenic cooling; Nonlinear optics; Parametric oscillation; Thz wave; Tunable

Indexed keywords

COOLING; CRYOGENICS; LASER TUNING; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; NEODYMIUM LASERS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OSCILLATIONS; PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; PUMPING (LASER); Q SWITCHED LASERS;

TERAHERTZ WAVE GENERATION;

LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS;

EID: 0031998564     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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