High-power terahertz radiation from relativistic electrons

Nature

Volumn 420, Issue 6912, 2002, Pages 153-156

  Carr, G L ^a   Martin, Michael C ^b   McKinney, Wayne R ^b   Jordan, K ^c   Neil, George R ^c   Williams, G P ^c  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON NATIONAL ACCELERATOR FACILITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; PROTEINS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; TISSUE;

PHOTONICS;

RADIATION;

ELECTRON;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DIODE; ELECTRON; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RADIATION; SEMICONDUCTOR; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0037079039     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01175     Document Type: Article

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