Optical THz-wave generation with periodically-inverted GaAs

Laser and Photonics Reviews

Volumn 2, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 11-25

  Vodopyanov, Konstantin L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency down conversion; Gallium arsenide; Optical parametric oscillator; Quasi phase matching; Synchronous pumping; T ray; Terahertz

Indexed keywords

EID: 42949156823     PISSN: 18638880     EISSN: 18638899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lpor.200710028     Document Type: Review

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