Terahertz Technology: Terahertz Physics of Semiconductor Heterostructures

Encyclopedia of Modern Optics, Five-Volume Set

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 168-176

  Bratschitsch, R ^a   Unterrainer, K ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEMICONDUCTOR HETEROSTRUCTURE; TERA HERTZ; TERAHERTZ TECHNOLOGY;

TERAHERTZ WAVES;

EID: 33750481293     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B0-12-369395-0/00634-5     Document Type: Chapter

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