Terahertz-wave generation with periodically inverted gallium arsenide

Laser Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 305-321

  Vodopyanov, K L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; GALLIUM; GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; MONOCHROMATORS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM;

CRYSTALLINE ORIENTATIONS; DIFFERENCE-FREQUENCY MIXING; DOWN CONVERSIONS; FEMTOSECOND PUMP PULSE; GAAS; GALLIUM ARSENIDES; INTRA CAVITIES; NON-LINEAR OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL RECTIFICATIONS; QUASI-PHASE-MATCHED CRYSTALS; ROOM TEMPERATURES; TERAHERTZ-WAVE GENERATIONS; THEORETICAL LIMITS; THZ GENERATIONS; THZ SOURCES; WAVE GENERATIONS;

GALLIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 60049087753     PISSN: 1054660X     EISSN: 15556611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1054660X09020248     Document Type: Article

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