Few-cycle terahertz generation and spectroscopy of nanostructures

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

Volumn 362, Issue 1815, 2004, Pages 251-262

  Darmo, Juraj ^a   Müller, Thomas ^a   Parz, Wolfgang ^a   Kröll, Josef ^a   Strasser, Gottfried ^a   Unterrainer, Karl ^a   Faist, J ^b   Smith, G ^c   Planken, P ^d   Zhang, X C ^e   Roskos, H ^f   Allam, J ^g   Haring Bolivar P ^h   Mittleman, D M ⁱ  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^h RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

ⁱ Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

Generation; Nanostructures; Spectroscopy; Terahertz

Indexed keywords

EID: 10744224898     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2003.1315     Document Type: Article

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