Terahertz wave generation in Nitrogen gas using shaped optical pulses

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Yamaguchi, Masashi ^a   Das, Jayashis ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOURIER SERIES; LIGHT MODULATORS; NITROGEN; OPTIMIZATION;

FITNESS FUNCTIONS; FOURIER SPACE; GENETIC OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM; OPTICAL PHASIS; SECOND HARMONICS; SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATORS; TERAHERTZ WAVE GENERATION; VARIABLE SEPARATION;

TERAHERTZ WAVES;

EID: 70249115699     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.26.000A90     Document Type: Article

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