Scaling up the energy of THz pulses created by optical rectification

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 5762-5768

  Stepanov, A G ^a   Kuhl, J ^a   Kozma, I Z ^b   Riedle, E ^b   Almasi, G ^c   Hebling, J ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; ENERGY CONVERSION; LITHIUM NIOBATE; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

PULSE ENERGY; PULSE FRONT EXCITATION; THZ PULSES; UP-SCALING;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 23744474245     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.005762     Document Type: Article

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