Terahertz notch filter using intermolecular hydrogen bonds in a sucrose crystal

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 5765-5772

  Rungsawang, Rakchanok ^a   Ueno, Yuko ^a   Tomita, Isao ^a   Ajito, Katsuhiro ^a  

^a NTT Basic Research Laboratories   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; HYDROGEN BONDS; MOLECULAR CRYSTALS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; POLARIZATION; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

FREQUENCY COMPONENTS; INTERMOLECULAR HYDROGEN BONDS; NOTCH FILTER; SUCROSE CRYSTAL; WAVE IMAGING;

SUGAR (SUCROSE);

EID: 33745167393     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.005765     Document Type: Article

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