Polarization shaping of few-cycle terahertz waves

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 12463-12472

  Lee, Kanghee ^a   Yi, Minwoo ^a   Song, Jin Dong ^b   Ahn, Jaewook ^a  

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

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS; INDIUM ARSENIDE; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; POLARIZATION;

ANGULAR POSITIONS; CIRCULAR PATTERN; CIRCULAR POLARIZATION STATE; DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL SYSTEMS; FEW-CYCLE; POLARIZATION ROTATION; POLARIZATION STATE; SHAPING TECHNIQUES; SUB-WAVELENGTH; THZ PULSE; THZ WAVES;

TERAHERTZ WAVES;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; LIGHT; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; LIGHT; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

EID: 84861525583     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.012463     Document Type: Article

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