Conversion of short optical pulses to terahertz radiation in a nonlinear medium: Experiment and theory

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 23, 2007, Pages

  Zinov'ev, N N ^a,b   Nikoghosyan, A S ^c   Dudley, R A ^d   Chamberlain, J M ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c YEREVAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Armenia)

^d NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 37249040505     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.235114     Document Type: Article

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