Extremely frequency-widened Terahertz wave generation using cherenkov-type radiation

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 6676-6681

  Suizu, Koji ^a   Koketsu, Kaoru ^a   Shibuya, Takayuki ^a,b   Tsutsui, Toshihiro ^a   Akiba, Takuya ^a   Kawase, Kodo ^a,b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ENERGY CONVERSION; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; PHASE MATCHING; RADIATION; WAVEGUIDES;

CHERENKOV RADIATIONS; CHERENKOV-TYPE RADIATION; DIFFERENCE-FREQUENCY GENERATION; LITHIUM NIOBATE CRYSTAL; MGO DOPED LITHIUM NIOBATE; NONLINEAR FREQUENCY CONVERSION; PARAMETRIC GENERATOR; TERAHERTZ WAVE GENERATION;

TERAHERTZ WAVES;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ILLUMINATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHTING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

EID: 65149088602     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.006676     Document Type: Article

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