Nonstationary time-domain statistics of multiply scattered broadband terahertz pulses

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1506-1510

  Pearce, Jeremy ^a,b   Doyle, Kevin ^a,c   Jian, Zhongping ^a   Deibel, Jason ^a   Mittleman, Daniel M ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^c TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIGHT SOURCES; RANDOM PROCESSES; STATISTICS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

BROADBAND TERAHERTZ PULSES; SINGLE-CYCLE ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSES; TIME-DOMAIN STATISTICS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE;

EID: 33750065713     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.23.001506     Document Type: Article

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