Broadband terahertz lasing in aligned molecules

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 10557-10564

  York, Andrew G ^a,b   Milchberg, H M ^a,b,c  

^a The Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; MOLECULES;

ALIGNED MOLECULES; BROADBAND TERAHERTZ; ENERGY AMPLIFICATION; FEW-CYCLE PULSE; LASER-ALIGNED MOLECULES; TERAHERTZ FREQUENCIES; TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

TERAHERTZ WAVES;

EID: 47249145183     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.010557     Document Type: Article

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