Accelerator- and laser-based sources of high-field terahertz pulses

Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Volumn 46, Issue 19, 2013, Pages

  Stojanovic, Nikola ^a   Drescher, Markus ^b  

^a DESY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH-FIELD; LASER-BASED; PULSE ENERGIES; REPETITION RATE; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; TERAHERTZ PULSE; THZ SOURCES; WIDE TUNING RANGE;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; TERAHERTZ WAVES;

PULSE REPETITION RATE;

EID: 84884898178     PISSN: 09534075     EISSN: 13616455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/46/19/192001     Document Type: Review

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