Optical properties and potential applications of ε-GaSe at terahertz frequencies

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Chen, Ching Wei ^a   Tang, Tsung Ta ^a   Lin, Sung Hui ^a   Huang, Jung Y ^a   Chang, Chen Shiung ^a   Chung, Pei Kang ^a   Yen, Shun Tung ^a   Pan, Ci Ling ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LASER PULSES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTONIC DEVICES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROSCOPY; TERAHERTZ WAVES;

ABSORPTION CO-EFFICIENT; COMPLEX DIELECTRIC FUNCTIONS; EXTRAORDINARY WAVES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROMETER; LARGE BIREFRINGENCE; PHONON VIBRATIONAL MODES; TERAHERTZ FREQUENCIES; THZ TIME DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPY;

TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 70249093621     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.26.000A58     Document Type: Article

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