Optical generation of narrow-band terahertz packets in periodically- inverted electro-optic crystals: Conversion efficiency and optimal laser pulse format

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2263-2276

  Vodopyanov, Konstantin L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; DISPERSION (WAVES); LASER PULSES;

INVERSE TERAHERTZ FREQUENCY; OPTICAL PULSES; PULSE ENERGY;

ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS;

EID: 33645079394     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.002263     Document Type: Article

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