Design of a LiNbO3 ribbon waveguide for efficient difference-frequency generation of terahertz wave in the collinear configuration

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 14783-14792

  Takushima, Y ^a   Shin, S Y ^a   Chung, Y C ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; INFRARED RADIATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHASE MATCHING;

COLLINEAR CONFIGURATION; INFRARED LIGHT SOURCES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 35948940919     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.014783     Document Type: Article

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