Noise, detectors, and submillimeter-terahertz system performance in nonambient environments

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1273-1279

  De Lucia, Frank C ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; APPROXIMATION THEORY; BANDWIDTH; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; PHOTONS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; STATISTICAL METHODS; SUBMILLIMETER WAVES;

BLACK BODY MODE; BOSE-EINSTEIN STATISTICS; CONTINOUOUS WAVE SUBMILLIMETER; LASER PLASMA; SENSITIVE DETECTORS; SUBMILLIMETER TERAHERTZ;

PHOTODETECTORS;

EID: 10044244991     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.21.001273     Document Type: Article

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