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Searching for terahertz waves

A scheme for the remote sensing of terahertz waves over distances of tens of metres could have important applications in security and biology. Xi-Cheng Zhang from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute spoke to Nature Photonics about his group's latest work in this field.

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Horiuchi, N. Searching for terahertz waves. Nature Photon 4, 662 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2010.216

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