Direct visualization of a polariton resonator in the THz regime

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2387-2396

  Stoyanov, Nikolay S ^a   Feurer, T ^a   Ward, David W ^a   Statz, Eric R ^a   Nelson, Keith A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; LITHIUM NIOBATE; PHONONS; RAMAN SCATTERING; SINGLE CRYSTALS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA; VISUALIZATION;

LATTICE VIBRATIONAL WAVES; POLARITONS; WAVE PACKETS;

OPTICAL RESONATORS;

EID: 2942700029     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.002387     Document Type: Article

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