Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 50, Issue 17, 1714018(2023)

Intense Terahertz Pulse Generation and Nonlinear Effect of GaSe Crystal

Peng Suo1, Chen Wang1, Gaofang Li2, Kaiwen Sun1, Wenjie Zhang1, Xian Lin1, Zhiming Huang3, and Guohong Ma1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Department of Physics,Shanghai University,Shanghai 200444,China
  • 2School of Electronic & Information Engineering,Shanghai University of Electric Power,Shanghai 200090,China
  • 3State Key Laboratory of Infrared Physics,Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Shanghai 200083,China
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    Peng Suo, Chen Wang, Gaofang Li, Kaiwen Sun, Wenjie Zhang, Xian Lin, Zhiming Huang, Guohong Ma. Intense Terahertz Pulse Generation and Nonlinear Effect of GaSe Crystal[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2023, 50(17): 1714018

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    Category: terahertz technology

    Received: May. 5, 2023

    Accepted: May. 25, 2023

    Published Online: Sep. 1, 2023

    The Author Email: Guohong Ma (ghma@staff.shu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/CJL230798

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