Terahertz Spectroscopy and Imaging

"This book presents the current state of knowledge in the field of terahertz spectroscopy, providing a comprehensive source of information for beginners and experienced researchers alike whose interests lie in this area. The book aims to explain the fundamental physics that underpins terahertz ...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Peiponen, Kai-Erik (Editor), Zeitler, Axel (Editor), Kuwata-Gonokami, Makoto (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2013, 2013
Edition:1st ed. 2013
Series:Springer Series in Optical Sciences
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Transmission, reflection, refraction and scattering of Terahertz radiation
  • Optical constants and dispersion relations in THz spectroscopy
  • Scattering effects
  • Converging Terahertz beam vs. plane wave
  • Signal Processing – Wavelet Transform
  • Signal Processing – Fractional Fourier transformation and spectrogram in signal processing of Terahertz pulses
  • Terahertz Spectroscopy
  • Crystalline and non-crystalline solids
  • Liquids and Biomolecules
  • Ellipsometry and active polarization control of Terahertz waves
  • ATR sensing at terahertz frequencies
  • Pump-probe spectroscopy
  • Liquid crystals
  • Waveguide spectroscopy
  • Condensed matter physics
  • Assignment of vibrational modes in crystalline materials
  • On-chip pulsed Terahertz spectroscopy
  • Nonlinear terahertz spectroscopy
  • Terahertz Imaging
  • Far-field / Near-field
  • Biomedical Imaging
  • Pharmaceutical imaging
  • Terahertz tomography
  • Security
  • Artists’ materials characterization
  • Interesting Physics at Terahertz Frequencies
  • Plasmonic structures