Widely frequency-tunable terahertz wave generation and spectroscopic application

International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 937-952

  Suto, Ken ^a   Nishizawa, Jun Ichi ^a,b  

^a SEMICONDUCTOR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomolecules; GaP; Terahertz imaging; Terahertz spectroscopy; Tunable terahertz waves generation

Indexed keywords

DNA; GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHONONS; RNA; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TUMORS; TUNING; WAVES;

BIOMOLECULES; GAP; TERAHERTZ IMAGING; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY; TUNABLE TERAHERTZ WAVES GENERATION;

FREQUENCIES;

EID: 22144485962     PISSN: 01959271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10762-005-6167-y     Document Type: Article

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