An ion-implanted InP receiver for polarization resolved terahertz spectroscopy

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 7047-7057

  Castro Camus, E ^a   Lloyd Hughes, J ^a   Fu, L ^b   Tan, H H ^b   Jagadish, C ^b   Johnston, M B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; ION IMPLANTATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

LASER AMPLIFIERS; LASER OSCILLATORS; NEAR INFRARED FEMTOSECOND PULSES; PHOTOCONDUCTIVE DETECTORS; TERAHERTZ POLARIZATION;

SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

EID: 34249676338     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.007047     Document Type: Article

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