Ultrafast multi-terahertz nano-spectroscopy with sub-cycle temporal resolution

Nature Photonics

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 841-845

  Eisele, M ^a   Cocker, T L ^a   Huber, M A ^a   Plankl, M ^a   Viti, L ^b   Ercolani, D ^b   Sorba, L ^b   Vitiello, M S ^b   Huber, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; INDIUM ARSENIDE; NANOPARTICLES; NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

DIELECTRIC FUNCTIONS; ELECTROOPTIC SAMPLING; FIELD-RESOLVED DETECTION; FIRST-ORDER PHASE TRANSITIONS; HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; OSCILLATION CYCLES; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; TERAHERTZ SPECTRAL RANGE;

TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84908481890     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2014.225     Document Type: Article

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