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Typesetting THz Waveforms

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We demonstrate generation of temporally shaped THz waveforms in LiNbO3 by spatially shaping femtosecond excitation pulses with a spatial light modulator. The generated THz waveforms are approximately proportional to the first spatial derivative of the excitation beam profile.

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  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA

    Joshua C. Vaughan, T. Feurer, Thomas Hornung & Keith A. Nelson

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  1. Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan

    Takayoshi Kobayashi

  2. Toyota Physical and Chemical Research Institute Nagakute, Aichi, 480-1192, Japan

    Tadashi Okada

  3. Engineering Science, Osaka University, Machikaneyama-Cho 1-3, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-8531, Japan

    Tetsuro Kobayashi

  4. MIT Room 6-235, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA

    Keith A. Nelson

  5. Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza L. da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy

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Vaughan, J.C., Feurer, T., Hornung, T., Nelson, K.A. (2005). Typesetting THz Waveforms. In: Kobayashi, T., Okada, T., Kobayashi, T., Nelson, K.A., De Silvestri, S. (eds) Ultrafast Phenomena XIV. Springer Series in Chemical Physics, vol 79. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27213-5_218

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