Terahertz beam interactions with amorphous materials

NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 107-122

  Naftaly, Mira ^a   Miles, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amorphous materials; Glasses; Paper; Polymers; Terahertz spectra

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949350626     PISSN: 18746500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6503-3_8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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