Ultrabroadband polarization analysis of terahertz pulses

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 7251-7257

  Hussain, A ^a   Andrews, S R ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; BROADBAND NETWORKS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; PHOTODETECTORS; POLYMER FILMS;

BIREFRINGENT POLYMER FILM; BOW-TIE ANTENNAS; OPTICAL PHONONS; OPTICAL RECTIFICATION;

LASER PULSES;

GALLIUM; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; GALLIUM NITRIDE; GALLIUM SELENIDE; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE; SELENIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; OPTICS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RADIATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ARSENICALS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ELECTROMAGNETICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GALLIUM; LIGHT; OPTICS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RADIATION; SELENIUM; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 43849098739     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.007251     Document Type: Article

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