Optical properties of 4-N,N-dimethylamino-4′-N′-methyl- stilbazolium 2,4,6-trimethylbenzenesulfonate crystals at terahertz frequencies

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1914-1919

  Stillhart, Marcel ^a   Schneider, Arno ^a   Günter, Peter ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFRARED DEVICES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

NEAR INFRARED PULSE; NONLINEAR MATERIALS; NONLINEAR SUSCEPTIBILITIES; OPTICAL RECTIFICATIONS; ORGANIC CRYSTAL; TERAHERTZ FREQUENCIES; TERAHERTZ SPECTRAL RANGE; THZ PULSE GENERATIONS;

TERAHERTZ WAVES;

EID: 59949104159     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.25.001914     Document Type: Article

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