Broadband terahertz detection with selected gases

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Lu, Xiaofei ^a   Karpowicz, Nicholas ^a   Zhang, X C ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAUSSIAN BEAMS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHASE MATCHING; TERAHERTZ WAVES;

ANALYTICAL CALCULATION; BROADBAND TERAHERTZ; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FIGURE OF MERITS; FOCUSING CONDITIONS; GASEOUS MEDIA; IDENTIFICATION OF THE PARAMETERS; NONLINEAR SUSCEPTIBILITIES;

TERAHERTZ WAVE DETECTORS;

EID: 70249093943     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.26.000A66     Document Type: Article

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