Broadband terahertz characterization of the refractive index and absorption of some important polymeric and organic electro-optic materials

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Cunningham, Paul D ^a,e   Valdes, Nestor N ^a   Vallejo, Felipe A ^a   Hayden, L Michael ^a   Polishak, Brent ^b   Zhou, Xing Hua ^c   Luo, Jingdong ^b,c   Jen, Alex K Y ^b,c   Williams, Jarrod C ^d   Twieg, Robert J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c University of Washington   (United States)

^d KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS POLYCARBONATES; BROAD BANDWIDTHS; BROADBAND TERAHERTZ; CYCLIC OLEFIN COPOLYMERS; ELECTRO-OPTIC POLYMERS; GUEST-HOST; HOST POLYMERS; OPTICAL COMPONENTS; ORGANIC ELECTRO-OPTIC MATERIALS; THZ EMITTERS; THZ TIME DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPY;

CHROMOPHORES; OLEFINS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; POLYETHYLENES; POLYIMIDES; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYMERS; POLYSTYRENES; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 79952177490     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3549120     Document Type: Article

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