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Letter

Nature Materials 1, 95–98 (1 October 2002) | doi:10.1038/nmat725

Terahertz polariton propagation in patterned materials

Nikolay S. Stoyanov , David W. Ward , Thomas Feurer & Keith A. Nelson

Generation and control of pulsed terahertz-frequency radiation have received extensive attention, with applications in terahertz spectroscopy, imaging and ultrahigh-bandwidth electro-optic signal processing. Terahertz |[lsquo]|polaritonics|[rsquo]|, in which terahertz lattice waves called phonon-polaritons are generated, manipulated and visualized with femtosecond optical pulses, offers prospects for an integrated solid-state platform for terahertz signal generation and guidance.