Terahertz spectrum analyzer based on a terahertz frequency comb

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 13052-13061

  Yokoyama, Shuko ^a,b   Nakamura, Ryotaro ^a   Nose, Masaki ^a   Araki, Tsutomu ^a   Yasui, Takeshi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Micro Optics Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; UNITS OF MEASUREMENT;

ABSOLUTE FREQUENCY; CONTINUOUS-WAVE THZ; FREQUENCY MEASUREMENTS; PHOTOCONDUCTIVE ANTENNAS; PRECISION FREQUENCY; SPECTRAL BANDWIDTH; TERAHERTZ FREQUENCIES; TERAHERTZ SPECTRA;

TERAHERTZ WAVES;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FILTRATION; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; TRANSDUCER;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FILTRATION; MICROWAVES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 50049089072     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.013052     Document Type: Article

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