Improved sample characterization in terahertz reflection imaging and spectroscopy

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 3848-3854

  Huang, Shengyang ^a   Ashworth, Philip C ^b,c   Kan, Kanis W C ^a   Chen, Yang ^a   Wallace, Vincent P ^d   Zhang, Yuan Ting ^a   Pickwell MacPherson, Emma ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c TERAVIEW LTD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL PROPERTIES; TERAHERTZ WAVES;

IMAGING APPLICATIONS; MOST LIKELY; NEW APPROACHES; REFLECTION GEOMETRY; TERA HERTZ; TERAHERTZ PULSED IMAGING; TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 61549089378     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.003848     Document Type: Article

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