Generation of terahertz radiation by photomixing with dual- and multiple-mode lasers

Semiconductor Science and Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2005, Pages

  Tani, Masahiko ^a   Morikawa, Osamu ^b   Matsuura, Shuji ^c   Hangyo, Masanori ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN COAST GUARD ACADEMY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTOCONDUCTING DEVICES; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; RADIATION; REDUCTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SPECTROMETERS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

FREQUENCY STABILIZATION; MULTIPLE-MODE LASERS; PHOTOMIXING; TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

LASERS;

EID: 21044459018     PISSN: 02681242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0268-1242/20/7/005     Document Type: Article

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