Grating-assisted coupling of terahertz waves into a dielectric waveguide studied by terahertz time-domain spectroscopy

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 30, 2002, Pages 6507-6513

  Aquistapace, Fabien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; LIGHT PROPAGATION; SILICON WAFERS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

TIME-DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0037145486     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.006507     Document Type: Article

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