Spatiotemporal transformations of ultrashort terahertz pulses

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1795-1800

  Kužel, Petr ^a   Khazan, Maxim A ^a   Kroupa, Jan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

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EID: 0346516580     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.16.001795     Document Type: Article

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