Widely-tunable, monochromatic, and high-power terahertz sources and their applications

Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics and Materials

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 557-585

  Ding, Yujie J ^a   Shi, Wei ^a  

^a Lehigh University   (United States)

Author keywords

Characterizations of DNA and protein; Chemical identifications; Coherent and monochromatic THz sources; Phase matched difference frequency generation; THz imaging; Widely tunable THz sources

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS; LAYERED SEMICONDUCTORS; PHASE MATCHING; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

ABSORPTION CO-EFFICIENT; CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION; LONG COHERENCE LENGTH; NONLINEAR COEFFICIENT; PHASE-MATCHED DIFFERENCE-FREQUENCY GENERATIONS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; THZ IMAGING; THZ SOURCES;

TERAHERTZ WAVES;

EID: 1042267681     PISSN: 02188635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218863503001651     Document Type: Article

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