Terahertz beam steering and frequency tuning by using the spatial dispersion of ultrafast laser pulses

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 10158-10169

  Maki, Ken Ichiro ^a   Otani, Chiko ^a  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; ANTENNAS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAFAST LASERS;

DIFFERENCE-FREQUENCY GENERATION; FREQUENCY DIFFERENCES; FREQUENCY-TUNING; OVERLAPPING AREA; PHASED ARRAY ANTENNAS; PHOTOCONDUCTIVE ANTENNAS; SPATIAL DISPERSION; TERAHERTZ IMAGING;

TERAHERTZ WAVES;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; OPTICS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHYSICS; SPECTROSCOPY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LASERS; LIGHT; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OPTICS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHYSICS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 47249160709     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.010158     Document Type: Article

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