Low-power terahertz time-domain spectroscopy with optimized electro-optical detection;Terahertz-time-domain-spektroskopie mit einem leistungsoptimierten elektrooptischen detektionsverfahren

Technisches Messen

Volumn 72, Issue 7-8, 2005, Pages 430-438

  Gorenflo, Stefan ^a   Hinkov, Iliyana ^a   Lambrecht, Armin ^a   Fischer, Bernd ^b   Hoffmann, Matthias ^b,c   Helm, Hanspeter ^b   Jepsen, Peter Uhd ^c  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR PHYSICAL MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES IPM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Absorption spectra; Electro optical detection; Molecule spectroscopy; Photoconductive antenna; Pockels effect; THz TDS

Indexed keywords

ELECTRO-OPTICAL; MOLECULE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOCONDUCTIVE ANTENNAS; POCKELS EFFECT; THZ-TDS;

ABSORPTION SPECTRA; DETECTORS; LASER PULSES; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTIMIZATION; PLASMONS; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 33645285153     PISSN: 01718096     EISSN: 01718096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/teme.2005.72.7-8.430     Document Type: Review

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