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Shanghai Key Lab of Modern Optical System, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
Shanghai Cooperation Innovation Centre of Terahertz Spectroscopy and Imaging Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
Cooperative Innovation Center of Terahertz Science, University of Electronic Science and Technology, Chengdu 611731, China
[ "Lin CHEN, E-mail: linchen@usst.edu.cn" ]
[ "Yi-ming ZHU, E-mail: ymzhu@usst.edu.cn" ]
Song-lin ZHUANG, E-mail: slzhuang@yahoo.com
Received:11 October 2018,
Revised:2019-;5-13,
Published:2019-05
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Lin CHEN, Deng-gao LIAO, Xu-guang GUO, et al. Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy and micro-cavity components for probing samples: a review[J]. Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering, 2019, 20(5): 591-607.
Lin CHEN, Deng-gao LIAO, Xu-guang GUO, et al. Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy and micro-cavity components for probing samples: a review[J]. Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering, 2019, 20(5): 591-607. DOI: 10.1631/FITEE.1800633.
We give a brief review of the developments in terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) systems and microcavity components for probing samples in the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology. The broadband terahertz (THz) radiation sources based on GaAs m-i-n diodes have been investigated by applying high electric fields. Then
the free space THz-TDS and fiber-coupled THz-TDS systems produced in our lab and their applications in drug/cancer detection are introduced in detail. To further improve the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and enhance sensitivity
we introduce three general micro-cavity approaches to achieve tiny-volume sample detection
summarizing our previous results about their characteristics
performance
and potential applications.
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