Cherenkov phase matched THz-wave generation with surfing configuration for bulk Lithium Nobate crystal

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 7102-7109

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

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHASE MATCHING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CHERENKOV; DUAL WAVELENGTH; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; LITHIUM NIOBATE CRYSTAL; PHASE MISMATCHING; THZ FREQUENCIES; THZ WAVES;

TERAHERTZ WAVES;

LITHIUM NIOBATE; NIOBIUM; OXIDE;

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

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHT; LIGHTING; NIOBIUM; OXIDES; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

EID: 66549104873     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.007102     Document Type: Article

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