Review of near-field Terahertz measurement methods and their applications: How to achieve sub-wavelength resolution at THz frequencies

Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves

Volumn 32, Issue 8-9, 2011, Pages 976-1019

  Adam, Aurele Joseph Louis ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Microscopy; Near field; Sub wavelength; Terahertz

Indexed keywords

COMBINING METHOD; DIFFRACTION LIMITS; MEASUREMENT METHODS; NEAR-FIELD; RESEARCH AREAS; RESEARCH TEAMS; SUB-WAVELENGTH; SUBWAVELENGTH RESOLUTION; TERAHERTZ; TERAHERTZ FREQUENCIES; THZ FREQUENCIES; TIME DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPY; VIDEO RATES;

MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 80053574437     PISSN: 18666892     EISSN: 18666906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10762-011-9809-2     Document Type: Article

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