Generation and detection of broadband coherent terahertz radiation using 17-fs ultrashort pulse fiber laser

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 12859-12865

  Takayanagi, Jun ^a   Kanamori, So ^a   Suizu, Koji ^a   Yamashita, Masatsugu ^b   Ouchi, Toshihiko ^b,c   Kasai, Shintaro ^c   Ohtake, Hideyuki ^d   Uchida, Hirohisa ^e   Nishizawa, Norihiko ^f   Kawase, Kodo ^a,b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

^c CANON INC   (Japan)

^d AISIN SEIKI CO LTD   (Japan)

^e SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^f OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

ALL-FIBER LASERS; BROADBAND TERAHERTZ; COHERENT TERAHERTZ RADIATION; DISPERSION EFFECT; FREQUENCY REGIONS; ORGANIC CRYSTAL; ULTRASHORT PULSE FIBER LASERS; WAVELENGTH REGIONS;

TERAHERTZ WAVES;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INFRARED RADIATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PHOTOMETRY; TRANSDUCER;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; INFRARED RAYS; LASERS; MICROWAVES; PHOTOMETRY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 50049085839     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.012859     Document Type: Article

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