Localized terahertz generation via optical rectification in ZnTe

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1667-1670

  Dakovski, Georgi L ^a   Kubera, Brian ^a   Shan, Jie ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALS; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

OPTICAL RECTIFICATION; TERAHERTZ TIME DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPY;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 24144434130     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.001667     Document Type: Article

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