Time domain measurement of the THz refractivity of water vapor.

نویسندگان

  • Yihong Yang
  • Mahboubeh Mandehgar
  • D Grischkowsky
چکیده

We report the measurement of the essentially frequency independent refractivity of water vapor from 0.1 to 1 THz, independent of the simultaneous strong THz pulse broadening and absorption. The humidity dependent transit time of THz pulses through a 170 m long round trip path was measured to a precision of 0.1 ps, using a mode-locked laser as an optical clock.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Optics express

دوره 20 24  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2012