Development of THz wave oscillation and its application to molecular sciences

Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B: Physical and Biological Sciences

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 74-81

  Nishizawa, Jun Ichi ^a,b  

^a SEMICONDUCTOR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cancer; GaAs; GaP; Glass fiber; Glucose; Imaging; LiNbO3; Polymer; Raman laser; Resonance spectroscopy; Terahertz wave

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342615645     PISSN: 03862208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2183/pjab.80.74     Document Type: Review

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