Terahertz and far infrared spectroscopy of alanine-rich peptides having variable ellipticity.

Far Infrared Studies of Silicon using Terahertz Spectroscopy

In this work, the optical properties of ptype silicon wafers, of various thicknesses, have been studied in the frequency range of 0.2 – 1.2 THz. It is seen that, for low resistivity silicon, the optical properties are dominated by the presence of dopants. The analysis technique deployed in the present work explores a general iterative procedure to determine the real and imaginary parts of the c...

Far-infrared vibrational modes of polycrystalline saccharides

We have measured the temperature dependence of the far-infrared vibrational modes of polycrystalline saccharide molecules in the frequency range 0.1–3.0 THz using a time-resolved terahertz spectroscopy system. Coherent measurement of the transmitted terahertz electric fields showed distinct absorption features, in both monosaccharides and disaccharides, originating from interand intra-molecular...

Exploring dynamics in the far-infrared with terahertz spectroscopy.

A direct comparison between terahertz time-domain spectroscopy and far-infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy

We perform a comprehensive comparison between terahertz ~THz! time-domain spectroscopy and conventional far-infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy, including radiation source, detector, signal to noise ratio, bandwidth, availability, applications, and their own uniqueness. In terms of signal to noise ratio, THz time-domain spectroscopy is advantageous at low frequencies under 3 THz, while Four...

Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy characterization of the far-infrared absorption and index of refraction of high-resistivity, float-zone silicon

The far-infrared absorption and index of refraction of high-resistivity, float-zone, crystalline silicon has been measured by terahertz time-domain spectroscopy. The measured new upper limit for the absorption of this most transparent dielectric material in the far infrared shows unprecedented transparency over the range from 0.5 to 2.5 THz and a well-resolved absorption feature at 3.6 THz. The...