Terahertz polarization pulse shaping with arbitrary field control

Nature Photonics

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 724-731

  Sato, Masaaki ^a,b   Higuchi, Takuya ^b,c   Kanda, Natsuki ^b,c,d   Konishi, Kuniaki ^b,c   Yoshioka, Kosuke ^b,c   Suzuki, Takayuki ^a,b   Misawa, Kazuhiko ^a,b   Kuwata Gonokami, Makoto ^b,c  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d Institute of Physical and Chemical Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD VECTORS; INSTANTANEOUS POLARIZATION; NON-LINEAR PHENOMENA; NONLINEAR OPTICAL CRYSTAL; OPTICAL PULSE SHAPERS; OPTICAL RECTIFICATIONS; PULSE SHAPING TECHNIQUES; RECTIFICATION PROCESS;

POLARIZATION; TERAHERTZ WAVES;

PULSE SHAPING;

EID: 84883400568     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2013.213     Document Type: Article

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