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Low-cost ultra-thin broadband terahertz beam-splitter

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Low-cost ultra-thin broadband terahertz beam-splitter. / Ung, B. S. Y.; Fumeaux, Christophe; Lin, Hungyen et al.
In: Optics Express, Vol. 20, No. 5, 2012, p. 4968-4978.

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Ung, BSY, Fumeaux, C, Lin, H, Fischer, BM, Ng, BWH & Abbott, D 2012, 'Low-cost ultra-thin broadband terahertz beam-splitter', Optics Express, vol. 20, no. 5, pp. 4968-4978. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.004968

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Ung, B. S. Y., Fumeaux, C., Lin, H., Fischer, B. M., Ng, B. W. H., & Abbott, D. (2012). Low-cost ultra-thin broadband terahertz beam-splitter. Optics Express, 20(5), 4968-4978. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.004968

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Ung BSY, Fumeaux C, Lin H, Fischer BM, Ng BWH, Abbott D. Low-cost ultra-thin broadband terahertz beam-splitter. Optics Express. 2012;20(5):4968-4978. doi: 10.1364/OE.20.004968

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Ung, B. S. Y. ; Fumeaux, Christophe ; Lin, Hungyen et al. / Low-cost ultra-thin broadband terahertz beam-splitter. In: Optics Express. 2012 ; Vol. 20, No. 5. pp. 4968-4978.

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