Terahertz birefringence and attenuation properties of wood and paper

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2766-2772

  Reid, Matthew ^a,b   Fedosejevs, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; BIREFRINGENCE; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; MICROWAVE SPECTROMETERS; WOOD;

ATTENUATION PROPERTIES; DIATTENUATION; TERAHERTZ TIMEDOMAIN SPECTROMETERS;

PAPER;

PAPER; WOOD;

EID: 33745179489     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.002766     Document Type: Article

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