Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 56, Issue 19, 192302(2019)

Cos-Gaussian Beams Propagating Inside Terahertz Parallel-Plate Waveguides

Dengming Wu1, Da Teng2、*, Qing Cao1、**, Lihua Bai1, and Zhe Li1
Author Affiliations
  • 1Department of Physics Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
  • 2School of Physicsand Electronic Engineering Zhengzhou Normal University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450044, China
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    Dengming Wu, Da Teng, Qing Cao, Lihua Bai, Zhe Li. Cos-Gaussian Beams Propagating Inside Terahertz Parallel-Plate Waveguides[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2019, 56(19): 192302

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    Paper Information

    Category: Optical Devices

    Received: Mar. 11, 2019

    Accepted: Apr. 17, 2019

    Published Online: Oct. 14, 2019

    The Author Email: Teng Da (tengda@zznu.edu.cn), Cao Qing (qcao@shu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP56.192302

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