Near-field THz imaging of free induction decay from a tyrosine crystal

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 18419-18424

  Doi, A ^a,b   Blanchard, F ^b,c   Hirori, H ^b,c   Tanaka, K ^b,c,d  

^a OLYMPUS CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; PHOSPHATASES;

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICE CAMERA; ELECTROOPTIC SAMPLING; FREE INDUCTION DECAY; NEAR-FIELD; OSCILLATING FREQUENCIES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGES; SUB-WAVELENGTH; THZ FREQUENCIES; THZ IMAGING; VIBRATIONAL MODES;

AMINO ACIDS;

TYROSINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROSCOPY; TERAHERTZ IMAGING;

CRYSTALLIZATION; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY; TERAHERTZ IMAGING; TYROSINE;

EID: 77956382791     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.018419     Document Type: Article

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