Cutting-edge terahertz technology

Nature Photonics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 97-105

  Tonouchi, Masayoshi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIVERSE RANGE; FUTURE PROSPECTS; TERAHERTZ TECHNOLOGY; WAVEBANDS;

PHOTONICS;

EID: 34247174373     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2007.3     Document Type: Review

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