• 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
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[J]. Photonics Research, 2019, 7(6): 678 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[J]. Photonics Research, 2019, 7(6): 678
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