Compact source of continuously and widely-tunable terahertz radiation

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1582-1589

  Edwards, T J ^a   Walsh, D ^a   Spurr, M B ^a   Rae, C F ^a   Dunn, M H ^a   Browne, P G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; RADIATION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

DOWN-CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PARAMETRIC WAVE CAVITIES; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

LIGHT SOURCES;

EID: 33144455061     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.001582     Document Type: Article

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