Photonic applications with the organic nonlinear optical crystal DAST

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1298-1311

  Jazbinsek, Mojca ^a   Mutter, Lukas ^a   Günter, Peter ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Electrooptic devices; Nonlinear optics (NLO); Optical waveguides; Organic compounds; Terahertz (THz) radiation

Indexed keywords

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

ELECTROOPTIC DEVICES; NONLINEAR OPTICS (NLO); OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; TERAHERTZ (THZ) RADIATION;

POWDERS;

EID: 53349165959     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2008.921407     Document Type: Article

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