Measurement of propagation constant in waveguides with wideband coherent terahertz spectroscopy

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 391-401

  Hadjiloucas, Sillas ^a   Galvão, Roberto K H ^b   Bowen, John W ^a   Martini, Rainer ^c   Brucherseifer, Martin ^c   Pellemans, Harm P M ^c   Bolívar, Peter Haring ^c   Kurz, Heinrich ^c   Digby, John ^d   Parkhurst, Geoffrey M ^d   Chamberlain, J Martyn ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE AERONÁUTICA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; MICROMACHINING; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WAVEGUIDES;

LIGHT SPECTROSCOPY;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 0038513540     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.000391     Document Type: Article

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