Terahertz beam propagation measured through three-dimensional amplitude profile determination

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2215-2225

  Reiten, Matthew T ^a   Harmon, Stacee A ^a   Cheville, Richard Alan ^a  

^a Oklahoma State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; LENSES;

SPATIAL DIMENSIONS;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 0242301202     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.002215     Document Type: Article

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