Tunable narrow band THz wave generation from laser induced gas plasma

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 7038-7046

  Das, Jayashis ^a   Yamaguchi, Masashi ^a  

^a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONIZATION OF GASES; LASERS; LIGHT MODULATORS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PULSE SHAPING;

CENTRAL FREQUENCY; CONTINUOUS TUNABILITY; IONIZATION THRESHOLDS; LASER-INDUCED GAS PLASMAS; NARROW BANDS; SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATORS; SQUARE WAVES; TERAHERTZ WAVEFORM;

TERAHERTZ WAVES;

EID: 77950236578     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.007038     Document Type: Article

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