Title :
Sensing Pulsed THz Waves with Ambient Air
Author :
Xie, Xu ; Dai, Jianming ; Zhang, X.-C.
Author_Institution :
Rensselaer Polytech. Inst., Troy
Abstract :
We report the use of air to sense broadband THz waves. Ambient air, with about 79% nitrogen and 21% oxygen, exhibits remarkable performance for the generation and detection of pulsed THz waves with femtosecond laser beams.
Keywords :
optical pulse generation; submillimetre wave detectors; submillimetre wave lasers; ambient air; femtosecond laser beams; sense broadband THz waves; sensing pulsed THz waves; waves detection; waves generation; Focusing; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Probes; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Pump lasers; Zinc compounds;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared Millimeter Waves and 14th International Conference on Teraherz Electronics, 2006. IRMMW-THz 2006. Joint 31st International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0400-2
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0400-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICIMW.2006.368779
