Electro-optic transceivers for terahertz-wave applications

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 823-831

  Chen, Q ^a   Tani, M ^a,b   Jiang, Zhiping ^a   Zhang, X C ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; TRANSCEIVERS;

OPTICAL RECTIFICATION;

ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS;

EID: 0035645919     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.18.000823     Document Type: Article

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