Measurement of the transmission of the atmosphere from 0.2 to 2 THz

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 8830-8838

  Yang, Yihong ^a   Shutler, Alisha ^a   Grischkowsky, D ^a  

^a School of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; TERAHERTZ WAVES; WATER PIPING SYSTEMS; WATER SUPPLY; WATER VAPOR;

BACKGROUND ABSORPTION; FAR-INFRARED; LOW FREQUENCY; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; TERAHERTZ TIME DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPY; WATER LINE;

TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 79955372156     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.008830     Document Type: Article

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