Confocal THz laser microscope

Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 358-366

  Salhi, Mohammed Adnan ^a   Pupeza, Ioachim ^b,c   Koch, Martin ^a,d  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Far infrared; Imaging; Terahertz

Indexed keywords

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPES; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FAR-FIELD; FAR-INFRARED; IMAGING; LASER EMITTING; OPTICALLY PUMPED; SYSTEM-BASED; TERA HERTZ; THZ IMAGING; THZ LASERS;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; GAS LASERS; IMAGE QUALITY; LASERS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PUMPING (LASER);

TERAHERTZ WAVES;

EID: 77949318048     PISSN: 18666892     EISSN: 18666906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10762-009-9590-7     Document Type: Article

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