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Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Volume. 41, Issue 5, 844(2022)

Distortions of terahertz pulses induced by the air coherent detection technique

Hai-Wei DU^1,2,3、* and Jiang LONG³

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¹Key Laboratory of Nondestructive Testing Technology（Ministry of Education），Nanchang Hangkong University，Nanchang 330063，China

²Key Laboratory of Opto-Electronic Information Science and Technology of Jiangxi Province，Nanchang Hangkong University，Nanchang 330063，China

³School of Measuring and Optical Engineering，Nanchang Hangkong University，Nanchang 330063，China

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Paper Information

Category: Research Articles

Received: Sep. 2, 2021

Accepted: --

Published Online: Feb. 6, 2023

The Author Email: DU Hai-Wei (haiweidu@nchu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2022.05.007

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