Modification of terahertz pulsed spectrometer to study biological samples

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6535, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Nazarov, M M ^a   Shkurinov, A P ^a   Tuchin, V V ^b   Zhernovaya, O S ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b SARATOV STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Absorption spectra; Biomolecules; Dispersion; THz spectrometer

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL THICKNESS; SPECTROMETER SENSITIVITY; THZ SPECTROMETERS;

ABSORPTION SPECTRA; DISPERSION (WAVES); HEMOGLOBIN; OILS AND FATS; REFRACTION; SPECTROMETERS;

BIOMOLECULES;

EID: 35648944648     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.740994     Document Type: Conference Paper

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