Introduction to terahertz science and technology

Welcome to the THz time domain spectroscopy pages of the Oxford Physics THz Group. This section of the website provides an general introduction to the tecniques and applications of THz time domain spectroscopy. The information is divided up into the following sections:

1. Introduction
2. Applications: Medical, industrial, communications and security applications
3. Technique details
   • Terahertz pulse generation
   • Electro-optic sampling
4. Videos
• Time-domain spectroscopy
• Optical-pump terahertz-probe spectroscopy
• Polarisation sensitive optical-pump terahertz-probe spectroscopy
5. References

(Left) A typical time-domain terahertz trace for two types of optical rectification-type emitter: (Blue) 2mm ZnTe and (Red) 200um GaSe. (Right) The corresponding Fourier transform, showing the spectral amplitude of the pulse.

  

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