Restrahlen to T-rays - 100 Years of terahertz radiation

Journal of Biological Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 77-85

  Kimmitt, M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Detectors; Infrared history; Instrumentation; Sources; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; ENERGY; EXPERIMENTATION; HISTORY; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; RESEARCH; SPECTROSCOPY; SYNCHROTRON; TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

EID: 0038035097     PISSN: 00920606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024498003492     Document Type: Conference Paper

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