Terahertz sources

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Shumyatsky, Pavel ^a   Alfano, Robert R ^a  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Probes; Pumps; Terahertz sources; Time domain terahertz spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

LOW-FREQUENCY VIBRATIONAL MODES; OPTICAL COMMUNITY; PHYSICAL PROCESS; TERAHERTZ; TERAHERTZ SOURCES; TIME-DOMAIN TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

SPECTROSCOPY;

TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

DIODE LASER; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; REVIEW; SOLID STATE LASER; TERAHERTZ IMAGING; TERAHERTZ RADIATION; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

LASERS, GAS; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; OPTICAL PHENOMENA; TERAHERTZ IMAGING; TERAHERTZ RADIATION; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 79961193043     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3554742     Document Type: Article

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