Enhancement of terahertz wave generation by cascaded x(2) processes in LiNbO3

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Jewariya, Mukesh ^a   Nagai, Masaya ^a,b   Tanaka, Koichiro ^a,c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC EXCITATION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; PHASE MODULATION; SAPPHIRE;

COUPLED EQUATION; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; GENERATION PROCESS; MAXIMUM AMPLITUDE; OPTICAL RECTIFICATIONS; SPECTRAL LINE SHAPE; TERAHERTZ WAVE GENERATION; TI: SAPPHIRE LASER;

TERAHERTZ WAVES;

EID: 70249150704     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.26.00A101     Document Type: Article

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