Uncertainty in terahertz time-domain spectroscopy measurement

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1059-1072

  Withayachumnankul, Withawat ^a,b   Fischer, Bernd M ^a   Lin, Hungyen ^a   Abbott, Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b KING MONGKUT'S INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY LADKRABANG   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; OPTICAL CONSTANTS; PLASMONS; REFLECTOMETERS; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENTS OF; PARAMETER ESTIMATION PROCESS; PHYSICAL MODEL; RAY RADIATION; TERA HERTZ; TERAHERTZ SPECTROMETER; TERAHERTZ TIME DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPY;

TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 50449099474     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.25.001059     Document Type: Article

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