Paper terahertz wave plates

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 25, 2011, Pages 24884-24889

  Scherger, Benedikt ^a   Scheller, Maik ^b   Vieweg, Nico ^a   Cundiff, Steven T ^a,c   Koch, Martin ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REFRACTION;

COMPLEX INDICES; DESIGN FREQUENCIES; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM; FORM BIREFRINGENCE; ORDINARY PAPERS; WAVEPLATES;

TERAHERTZ WAVES;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PAPER; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; TERAHERTZ RADIATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICAL DEVICES; PAPER; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

EID: 82955181110     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.024884     Document Type: Article

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