Forward and backward Terahertz-wave difference-frequency generations from periodically poled lithium niobate

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 6471-6478

  Wang, T D ^a   Lin, S T ^a   Lin, Y Y ^a   Chiang, A C ^a   Huang, Y C ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PHASE MATCHING; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

FREQUENCY GENERATIONS; LITHIUM NIOBATE; QUASI-PHASE-MATCHING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

LITHIUM NIOBATE; NIOBIUM; OXIDE; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; OPTICS; REFRACTOMETRY;

NIOBIUM; OPTICS; OXIDES; REFRACTOMETRY; SILICON;

EID: 43049106509     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.006471     Document Type: Article

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