Investigation of THz birefringence measurement and calculation in Al 2O3 and LiNbO3

Applied Optics

Volumn 50, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 2906-2910

  Kim, Youngchan ^a   Yi, Minwoo ^a   Kim, Bog G ^b   Ahn, Jaewook ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BIREFRINGENCE; CALCULATIONS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; BIREFRINGENCE MEASUREMENTS; CALCULATED VALUES; POLARIZATION SENSITIVE; TERAHERTZ TIME DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPY; THZ FREQUENCIES; TRIGONAL STRUCTURES;

TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 79959451106     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.50.002906     Document Type: Article

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