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Terahertz wave parametric source (936KB) Journal Of Physics D:Applied Physics, 34, R1-R14, (2001)

Non-destructive terahertz imaging of illicit drugs using spectral fingerprints (661KB) Optics Express, vol. 11, no. 20, pp. 2549-2554 (2003)

THz-imaging for drug detection and LSI inspection (360KB) Optics & Photonics News, vol. 15, no. 10, pp. 34-39 (Oct. 2004)

Imaging of large-scale integrated circuits using laser terahertz emission microscopy (225KB) Optics Express, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 115-120 (2004)

Terahertz wideband spectroscopic imaging based on two-dimensional electro-optic sampling technique (248KB) APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 86, 141109-1-3 (2005)

Selected Papers

1. K. Kawase, M. Sato, T. Taniuchi, and H. Ito, "Coherent tunable THz-wave generation from LiNbO3 with monolithic grating coupler," Applied Physics Letters, vol. 68, no. 18, pp. 2483-2485 (1996).
2. K. Kawase, M. Sato, K. Nakamura, T. Taniuchi, and H. Ito, "Uni-directional radiation of widely tunable THz-wave using a prism coupler under non-collinear phase matching condition," Applied Physics Letters, vol. 71, no. 6, pp. 753-755 (1997).
3. K. Kawase and N. Hiromoto, "Terahertz wave antireflection coating on Ge and GaAs with fused quartz," Applied Optics, vol. 37, no. 10, pp. 1862-1866 (1998).
4. K. Kawase, M. Mizuno, S. Sohma, H. Takahashi, T. Taniuchi, Y. Urata, S. Wada, H. Tashiro, and H. Ito," Difference-frequency terahertz-wave generation from 4-dimethylamino-N-methyl-4-stilbazolium-tosylate by use of an electronically tuned Ti:sapphire laser," Optics Letters, vol. 24, no. 15, pp. 1065-1067 (1999).
5. K. Kawase, T. Hatanaka, H. Takahashi, K. Nakamura, T. Taniuchi, and H. Ito, "Tunable THz-wave generation from DAST crystal using dual signal-wave parametric oscillation of PPLN" Optics Letters, vol. 25, no. 23, pp. 1714-1716 (2000).
6. K. Kawase, J. Shikata, H. Minamide, K. Imai, and H. Ito, "Arrayed silicon prism coupler for a THz-wave parametric oscillator," Applied Optics, vol. 40, no. 9, pp. 1423-1426, (2001).
7. K. Kawase, J. Shikata, K. Imai, and H. Ito, "A Transform-limited, Narrow-Linewidth, THz-wave Parametric Generator," Applied Physics Letters, vol. 78 no. 19 pp. 2819-2821 (2001).
8. K. Kawase, H. Minamide, K. Imai, J. Shikata, and H. Ito,"Injection-seeded terahertz-wave parametric generator with wide tunability," Applied Physic Letters, vol. 80, no. 2, pp. 195-197 (2002).
9. K. Kawase, J. Shikata, H. Ito, "Terahertz wave parametric source (Invited Review)," Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, vol. 35, no. 3, pp. R1-R14 (2002).
10. Y. Watanabe, K. Kawase, T. Ikari, H. Ito, Y. Ishikawa and H. Minamide, "Component spatial pattern analysis of chemicals using terahertz spectroscopic imaging," Applied Physics Letters, vol. 83, no. 4, pp. 800-802 (2003).
11. K. Kawase, Y. Ogawa, Y. Watanabe and H. Inoue, "Non-destructive terahertz imaging of illicit drugs using spectral fingerprints," Optics Express, vol. 11, no. 20, pp. 2549-2554 (2003).
12. T. Kiwa and M. Tonouchi, M. Yamashita and K. Kawase, "Laser-terahertz emission microscope for inspecting electrical faults in integrated circuits," Optics Letters, vol. 28, no. 21, pp. (Nov. 1, 2003 issue) in print.
13. Y. Watanabe, K. Kawase, T. Ikari, H. Ito, Y. Ishikawa and H. Minamide, "Component spatial pattern analysis of chemicals using terahertz spectroscopic imaging," Optics & Photonics News (OPN), Optics in 2003, vol. 14, no. 12, pp. (Dec. 2003 special issue), paper accepted.
14. A. Dobroiu, M. Yamashita, Y. Ohshima, Y. Morita, C. Otani, and K. Kawase, "Terahertz imaging system based on a backward wave oscillator," Applied Optics, vol. 43, no. 30, pp. 5637-5646 (2004).
15. K. Kawase, "THz-imaging for drug detection and LSI inspection," Optics & Photonics News, vol. 15, no. 10, pp. 34-39 (Oct. 2004).
16. M. Yamashita, K. Kawase, C. Otani, T. Kiwa and M. Tonouchi, "Imaging of large-scale integrated circuits using laser-terahertz emission microscopy", Optics Express, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 115-120 (2005).
17. M. Usami, M. Yamashita, K. Fukushima, C. Otani, K. Kawase, "Terahertz wideband spectroscopic imaging based on 2D electro-optic sampling technique," Applied Physics Letters, vol. 86, no. 141109, pp. 141109 1-3 (2005).