Intense ultrashort terahertz pulses: Generation and applications

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Hoffmann, Matthias C ^a   Fülöp, József András ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMTOSECONDS; FIELD STRENGTHS; NONLINEAR EFFECT; OPTICAL RECTIFICATIONS; PULSE ENERGIES; PUMP PULSE; PUMPING TECHNIQUES; SINGLE-CYCLE TERAHERTZ PULSE; TABLE-TOP; TERAHERTZ PULSE; TERAHERTZ RANGE; TIME-RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPY;

LASER SPECTROSCOPY; PUMPS; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

PULSE GENERATORS;

EID: 79951796553     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/44/8/083001     Document Type: Review

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