High-power THz generation, THz nonlinear optics, and THz nonlinear spectroscopy

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 345-353

  Hebling, János ^a,b   Yeh, Ka Lo ^a   Hoffmann, Matthias C ^a   Nelson, Keith A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

High power terahertz sources; Lattice anharmonicity; Lithium niobate (LiNbO3); Nonlinear terahertz optics

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; PHONONS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

HIGH POWER TERAHERTZ SOURCES; LATTICE ANHARMONICITY;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 41949126965     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2007.914602     Document Type: Article

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