Observation of terahertz radiation coherently generated by acoustic waves

Nature Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 285-288

  Armstrong, Michael R ^a   Reed, Evan J ^a   Kim, Ki Yong ^b   Glownia, James H ^b   Howard, William M ^a   Piner, Edwin L ^c   Roberts, John C ^c  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NITRONEX CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ACOUSTIC WAVES; CHARGE TRANSFER; DYNAMICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; SHOCK WAVES; TERAHERTZ WAVE DETECTORS; THIN FILMS;

ACOUSTIC SOLITONS; ELECTRONIC RECORDING; INNOVATIVE EXPERIMENTS; PIEZOELECTRIC COEFFICIENT; TERAHERTZ FREQUENCIES; TERAHERTZ RADIATION; TIME DEPENDENCE; TIME-RESOLVED INTERFEROMETRY;

TERAHERTZ WAVES;

EID: 63849196280     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1219     Document Type: Article

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