Propagation of terahertz pulses in random media

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 362, Issue 1815, 2004, Pages 301-314

  Pearce, Jeremy ^a   Jian, Zhongping ^a   Mittleman, Daniel M ^a   Planken, P ^b   Unterrainer, K ^c  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Multiple scattering; Photon diffusion; Random media; Terahertz imaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 1042290984     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2003.1324     Document Type: Article

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