Generation of ultrafast terahertz radiation pulses on metallic nanostructured surfaces

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 2470-2480

  Welsh, Gregor H ^a   Wynne, Klaas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; EVANESCENT FIELDS; LASER EXCITATION; LASER PULSES; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOIONIZATION; PLASMONS; SILVER; ULTRAFAST LASERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

MULTIPHOTON IONIZATION; NANOSTRUCTURED METAL SURFACES; NANOSTRUCTURED SURFACE; PONDEROMOTIVE ACCELERATION; RECTIFICATION PROCESS; SURFACE PLASMONS; TERAHERTZ PULSE GENERATION; TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

TERAHERTZ WAVES;

GOLD; NANOMATERIAL; SILVER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFRARED RADIATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GOLD; INFRARED RAYS; MICROWAVES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; SILVER; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 60649089433     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.002470     Document Type: Article

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