New two-color laser concepts for THz generation

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 270-276

  Friedrich, Claus Stefan ^a   Brenner, Carsten ^a   Hoffmann, Stefan ^a   Schmitz, Andreas ^b   Mayorga, Iván Cámara ^b   Klehr, Andreas ^c   Erbert, Götz ^c   Hofmann, Martin R ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR HÖCHSTFREQUENZTECHNIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cavities; Interferometry; Laser applications; Photoconducting devices; Resonators; Semiconductor lasers

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETRY; LASER APPLICATIONS; PHOTOCONDUCTING DEVICES; RESONATORS;

TERAHERTZ (THZ) GENERATION; TWO-COLOR LASER;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 41949106503     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2007.912754     Document Type: Article

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