Dendrimer waveguide based high-efficiency terahertz source

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6893, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Rahman, Anis ^a  

^a Applied Research and Photonics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendrimer; Difference frequency generation; Doping and poling; Electro optic rectification; Terahertz; Waveguide

Indexed keywords

(HI-BI) WAVEGUIDE; (PL) PROPERTIES; ELECTRO OPTIC; ELECTRO OPTIC (EO) COEFFICIENTS; HIGH EFFICIENCY; NANO MATERIALS; PHOTONIC; TERAHERTZ (THZ); TERAHERTZ (THZ) TECHNOLOGY;

CHROMOPHORES; COMPUTER NETWORKS; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; INTEGRATED OPTICS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 42149135386     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.758651     Document Type: Conference Paper

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