• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 19, Issue 11, 111902 (2021)
György Tóth1, László Pálfalvi1, Szabolcs Turnár1, Zoltán Tibai1, Gábor Almási1、2, and János Hebling1、2、3、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Institute of Physics, University of Pécs, Pécs 7624, Hungary
  • 2Szentagothai Research Centre, University of Pécs, Pécs 7624, Hungary
  • 3MTA-PTE High-Field Terahertz Research Group, Pécs 7624, Hungary
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL202119.111902 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    György Tóth, László Pálfalvi, Szabolcs Turnár, Zoltán Tibai, Gábor Almási, János Hebling. Performance comparison of lithium-niobate-based extremely high-field single-cycle terahertz sources [Invited][J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2021, 19(11): 111902 Copy Citation Text show less
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