Generation of high-power terahertz pulses by tilted-pulse-front excitation and their application possibilities

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Hebling, János ^a,b   Yeh, Ka Lo ^a   Hoffmann, Matthias C ^a   Bartal, Balázs ^b   Nelson, Keith A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; LASER PULSES; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY; TERAHERTZ WAVES;

COHERENT CONTROL; NONLINEAR THZ SPECTROSCOPIES; OPTICAL RECTIFICATIONS; POWER LEVELS; PULSE FRONT EXCITATION; REPETITION RATE; TERAHERTZ PULSE; THZ GENERATION;

PULSE REPETITION RATE;

EID: 51849127931     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.25.0000B6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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