Guided propagation of terahertz pulses on metal wires

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2001-2008

  Wang, Kanglin ^a   Mittleman, Daniel M ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS; WAVEGUIDES; WIRE;

GROUP VELOCITY DISPERSION; METAL WIRES; TERAHERTZ PULSES;

GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 25444444757     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.002001     Document Type: Article

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