Design of high-energy terahertz sources based on optical rectification

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 12311-12327

  Fulop J A ^a   Palfalvi L ^a   Almasi G ^a   Hebling, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; OPTIMIZATION; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; PUMPS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

ASYMMETRIC INTENSITY; FEMTOSECOND LASER PULSE; HIGH ENERGY; IMAGING ERRORS; OPTICAL RECTIFICATIONS; PUMPING SCHEMES; SPECTRAL INTENSITY; SPECTRAL WIDTHS; TERAHERTZ SOURCES; THZ FREQUENCIES; THZ PULSE; TILT ANGLE; UPSCALING;

PULSE GENERATORS;

EID: 77953596375     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.012311     Document Type: Article

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