Terahertz-wave sources and imaging applications

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Dobroiu, Adrian ^a   Otani, Chiko ^b   Kawase, Kodo ^a,c  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemical imaging; Electric field imaging; Imaging; Parametric generation; Scattering; Terahertz radiation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARAMAGNETISM;

CHEMICAL IMAGING; ELECTRIC FIELD IMAGING; PARAMETRIC GENERATION; TERAHERTZ RADIATIONS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARAMAGNETISM;

EID: 33846068784     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/17/11/R01     Document Type: Article

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