Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 50, Issue 17, 1714016(2023)
Terahertz-Field-Induced Second Harmonic Generation in Weyl Semimetal TaAs
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Pai Peng, Zhilin Li, Xinbo Wang. Terahertz-Field-Induced Second Harmonic Generation in Weyl Semimetal TaAs[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2023, 50(17): 1714016
Category: terahertz technology
Received: May. 15, 2023
Accepted: Jul. 12, 2023
Published Online: Sep. 13, 2023
The Author Email: Wang Xinbo (xinbowang@iphy.ac.cn)