Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy of solid samples: Principles, applications, and challenges

Applied Spectroscopy Reviews

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 636-679

  Smith, Ryan M ^a,b   Arnold, Mark A ^a,b  

^a The University of Iowa   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

biological tissues; imaging analysis; pharmaceuticals; quantitative analysis; security; Terahertz time domain spectroscopy (THz TDS)

Indexed keywords

ANALYTES; ANALYTICAL APPLICATIONS; ANALYTICAL CHALLENGE; BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES; BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; GENERAL DESCRIPTION; HIGH SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; IMAGING ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT GEOMETRY; NOVEL APPLICATIONS; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; POLYMER MATERIALS; SECURITY; SECURITY ISSUES; SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY; SOLID SAMPLES; SPECTRAL DATA; TERAHERTZ FREQUENCIES; TERAHERTZ TIME DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPY; THZ FREQUENCIES; THZ TIME DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPY; THZ-TDS; TIME DOMAIN;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DRUG PRODUCTS; FADING (RADIO); LASER PULSES; MEASUREMENTS; PLASMONS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; ULTRAFAST LASERS;

TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84863167089     PISSN: 05704928     EISSN: 1520569X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/05704928.2011.614305     Document Type: Article

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