A simple optical spectral calibration technique for pulsed THz sources

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 25, 2010, Pages 26517-26524

  Wijnen, Frans J P ^a   Berden, Giel ^b   Jongma, Rienk T ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b FOM INSTITUTE FOR PLASMA PHYSICS RIJNHUIZEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREE ELECTRON LASERS; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED LASERS; LASERS; LOCOMOTIVES; RAILROAD CARS; SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

CONTINUOUS WAVES; DETECTION SETUP; FREQUENCY SPECTRA; HIGH-RESOLUTION SPECTROMETER; NEAR-INFRARED LASERS; PULSE TRAIN; SIMPLE METHOD; SINGLE PULSE; SINGLE-SHOT; SPECTRAL CALIBRATION; SPECTRAL INFORMATION; SPECTRAL MEASUREMENT; TERAHERTZ RADIATION; THZ PULSE; THZ SOURCES; ZINC TELLURIDES;

TERAHERTZ WAVES;

TELLURIUM; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ILLUMINATION; INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPECTROSCOPY; TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHTING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TELLURIUM; TERAHERTZ RADIATION; ZINC;

EID: 78650042823     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.026517     Document Type: Article

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