Coherent terahertz waves based on difference-frequency generation in an annealed zinc-germanium phosphide crystal: Improvements on tuning ranges and peak powers

Optics Communications

Volumn 233, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 183-189

  Shi, Wei ^a   Ding, Yujie J ^a   Schunemann, Peter G ^b  

^a Lehigh University   (United States)

^b BAE SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Difference frequency generation; Terahertz; Zinc germanium phosphide

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FIBER LASERS; LASER TUNING; PUMPING (LASER); SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

DIFFERENCE-FREQUENCY GENERATION; UNIAXIAL CRYSTALS;

MONOCHROMATORS;

EID: 1242332014     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2004.01.016     Document Type: Article

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