Near-field investigation of THz surface-wave emission from optically excited graphite flakes

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 4667-4672

  Nagel, M ^a   Michalski, A ^a   Botzem, T ^a   Kurz, H ^a,b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b AMO GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIELD EMISSION; GRAPHITE; OPTICAL PUMPING; RESONANCE; SURFACE WAVES;

BASAL PLANES; CENTER FREQUENCY; EIGEN MODES; EXCITATION EFFICIENCY; GRAPHITE FLAKES; INTER-BAND EXCITATIONS; NEAR-FIELD; NEAR-FIELD EMISSION; NUMERICAL FIELD SIMULATIONS; OPTICAL PUMPS; OSCILLATORY BEHAVIORS; RADIAL CURRENTS; SPECTRAL RESPONSE; THZ EMISSION; WAVE EMISSIONS;

TERAHERTZ WAVES;

GRAPHITE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSDUCER;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GRAPHITE; LIGHT; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 79952126102     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.004667     Document Type: Article

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