• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 7, Issue 6, 678 (2019)
Alexei V. Balakin1,2, Jean-Louis Coutaz3, Vladimir A. Makarov1,2, Igor A. Kotelnikov4,5..., Yan Peng1, Peter M. Solyankin1,6, Yiming Zhu1,7 and Alexander P. Shkurinov1,2,8|Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1Terahertz Technology Innovation Research Institute, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Modern Optical System, Terahertz Spectrum and Imaging Technology Cooperative Innovation Center, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
  • 2Faculty of Physics and International Laser Center, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
  • 3IMEP-LAHC, UMR CNRS 5130, Université Savoie Mont-Blanc, Campus scientifique, 73376 Le Bourget du Lac Cedex, France
  • 4Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
  • 5Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
  • 6Institute on Laser and Information Technologies–Branch of the Federal Scientific Research Centre “Crystallography and Photonics” of Russian Academy of Sciences, Svyatoozerskaya 1, Shatura 140700, Russia
  • 7e-mail: ymzhu@usst.edu.cn
  • 8e-mail: ashkurinov@physics.msu.ru
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    Alexei V. Balakin, Jean-Louis Coutaz, Vladimir A. Makarov, Igor A. Kotelnikov, Yan Peng, Peter M. Solyankin, Yiming Zhu, Alexander P. Shkurinov, "Terahertz wave generation from liquid nitrogen," Photonics Res. 7, 678 (2019) Copy Citation Text show less
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    Alexei V. Balakin, Jean-Louis Coutaz, Vladimir A. Makarov, Igor A. Kotelnikov, Yan Peng, Peter M. Solyankin, Yiming Zhu, Alexander P. Shkurinov, "Terahertz wave generation from liquid nitrogen," Photonics Res. 7, 678 (2019)
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