Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy of absorbing materials

Authors

  • Frédéric Garet Université de Savoie
  • B. Blampey Université de Savoie
  • J.-L. Coutaz Université de Savoie

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4302/photon.%20lett.%20pl.v4i3.342

Abstract

In this paper, we study the noise-limited precision on the complex refractive index value of materials in the terahertz frequency range as determined by terahertz time-domain spectroscopy. As absorbing samples are almost opaque, transmission measurements are not suitable to determine the refractive index and reflection indices have to be employed instead, but at the expense of precision. We give rules to select the most adapted technique, i.e. in transmission or in reflection, for any given sample of arbitrary transparence

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Author Biography

Frédéric Garet, Université de Savoie

Faculty of Physics,

Optics Division

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2012-09-28

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[1]
F. Garet, B. Blampey, and J.-L. Coutaz, “Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy of absorbing materials”, Photonics Lett. Pol., vol. 4, no. 3, pp. pp. 88–90, Sep. 2012.

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Vol. 4 No. 3 (2012)

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