Terahertz pulse shaping and optimal waveform generation in poled ferroelectric crystals

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2791-2794

  Lee, Yun Shik ^a   Norris, Theodore B ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; SIGNAL DISTORTION;

TERAHERTZ (THZ) PULSES;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 0141564622     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.002791     Document Type: Article

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