Precise determination of the refractive index of samples showing low transmission bands by THz time-domain spectroscopy

IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 295-301

  Bernier, Maxime ^a   Garet, Frederic ^a   Coutaz, Jean Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

Author keywords

Material characterization; reflection spectroscopy; THz time domain spectroscopy (THz TDS); transmission spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION CO-EFFICIENT; MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; REFLECTION MEASUREMENTS; REFLECTION SPECTROSCOPY; TERAHERTZ TIME DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPY; THZ TIME DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPY; THZ-TDS; TRANSMISSION SPECTROSCOPY;

LASER PULSES; OPTICAL CONSTANTS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84877586011     PISSN: 2156342X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TTHZ.2013.2247793     Document Type: Article

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