Introduction to THz wave photonics

Introduction to THz Wave Photonics

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-246

  Zhang, X C ^a   Xu, Jingzhou ^b  

^a Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b IMRA AMERICA INC   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0978-7     Document Type: Book

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