Single-cycle terahertz pulses with amplitudes exceeding 1 MV/cm generated by optical rectification in LiNbO3

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

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

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c OLYMPUS CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-SPOTS; BEAM CHARACTERISTICS; DIFFRACTION LIMITS; FEMTOSECOND LASER PULSE; FOCUSING GEOMETRY; OPTICAL RECTIFICATIONS; POINT SOURCES; PULSE FRONT; SINGLE CYCLE; SINGLE-CYCLE TERAHERTZ PULSE; TERAHERTZ PULSE; THZ GENERATION; UNCOOLED MICROBOLOMETERS;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; PUMPS; ULTRAFAST LASERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

OPTICAL PUMPING;

EID: 79952395786     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3560062     Document Type: Article

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