Ultra-narrow-linewidth continuous-wave THz sources based on multiplier chains

Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-61

  Schiller, S ^a   Roth, B ^a   Lewen, F ^b   Ricken, O ^b   Wiedner, M C ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; LINEWIDTH; TERAHERTZ WAVES;

CONTINUOUS-WAVE THZ; FRACTIONAL POWER; OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY; QUANTUM CASCADES; ROTATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY; THZ LASERS; ULTRA-NARROW LINEWIDTHS; ULTRACOLD MOLECULES;

TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 63149194171     PISSN: 09462171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00340-008-3279-9     Document Type: Article

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