Terahertz beam steering using interference of femtosecond optical pulses

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 22914-22921

  Uematsu, Koji ^a,b   Maki, Ken Ichiro ^b,c   Otani, Chiko ^a,b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE;

BEAM DIRECTION; BEAM-STEERING; FEMTOSECOND OPTICAL PULSE; GRATING LOBES; INCIDENCE ANGLES; INTERFERENCE PATTERNS; LINEAR ARRAY ANTENNAS; PHOTOCONDUCTIVE DEVICES; POINT SOURCES; PUMP BEAMS; TERAHERTZ;

TERAHERTZ WAVES;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; REFRACTOMETRY; TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; OPTICAL DEVICES; REFRACTOMETRY; TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

EID: 84866718821     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.022914     Document Type: Article

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