Terahertz technology in biology and medicine

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 1575-1578

  Siegel, Peter H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Applications; Biology; Terahertz; THz

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL PULSE; RECEPTOR BINDING; SPACE SCIENCES; TERAHERTZ;

APPLICATIONS; DNA; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SUBMILLIMETER WAVES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 4544370267     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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