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Photonics Research
Vol. 6, Issue 10, 959 (2018)

Nonlinear distortion and spatial dispersion of intense terahertz generation in lithium niobate via the tilted pulse front technique

Baolong Zhang^1、2, Shangqing Li^1、2, Shusu Chai³, Xiaojun Wu^3、*, Jinglong Ma¹, Liming Chen^1、2、4, and Yutong Li^1、2、4

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¹Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China

²School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

³School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China

⁴Collaborative Innovation Center of IFSA (CICIFSA), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China

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Baolong Zhang, Shangqing Li, Shusu Chai, Xiaojun Wu, Jinglong Ma, Liming Chen, Yutong Li. Nonlinear distortion and spatial dispersion of intense terahertz generation in lithium niobate via the tilted pulse front technique[J]. Photonics Research, 2018, 6(10): 959 Copy Citation Text

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