Investigation of EfficientTerahertz Wave Generation by Coupled Cascade Difference Frequency Generation

Zhongyang Li; Qianze Yan; Xinghai Chen; Pibin Bing; Sheng Yuan; Kai Zhong; Jianquan Yao

doi:10.3788/CJL220656

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