Description
This volume provides an up-to-date reference on state-of-the-art terahertz spectroscopic techniques. The first section of the book focuses on instrumentation and methods for terahertz spectroscopy. The second and third sections present a comprehensive overview of a wide range of applications of terahertz spectroscopy, both fundamental and applied, to key areas of current interest in the fields of physics, materials science, chemistry, and biomedicine. Written by leading academic experts on each topic included in the text, Terahertz Spectroscopy: Principles and Applications offers a wide range of application areas that sets it apart and makes it an excellent reference source for engineers and scientists.

Contents

SECTION I Instrumentation and Methods

1.Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy with Photoconductive Antennas

2.Nonlinear Optical Techniques for Terahertz Pulse Generation and Detection - Optical Rectification and Electrooptic Sampling

3.Time-Resolved Terahertz Spectroscopy and Terahcrtz Emission Spectroscopy

SECTION II Applications in Physics and Materials Science

4.Time-Resolved Terahertz Studies of Carrier Dynamics in Semiconductors, Superconductors, and Strongly Correlated Electron Materials

5.Time-Resolved Terahertz Studies of Conductivity Processes in Novel Electronic Materials

6.Optical Response of Semiconductor Nanostructures in Terahertz Fields Generated by Electrostatic Free-Electron Lasers

SECTION III Applications in Chemistry and Biomedicine

7.Terahertz Spectroscopy of Biomolecules

8.Pharmaceutical and Security Applications of Terahertz Spectroscopy

Index