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Improved measurement of polarization state in terahertz polarization spectroscopy

Optics 2012-01-25 v1 Materials Science Instrumentation and Detectors

Abstract

A calibration scheme is presented for improved polarization state measurement of terahertz pulses. In this scheme the polarization response of a two-contact terahertz photoconductive detector is accurately measured, and is used to correct for the impact of the non-idealities of the detector. Experimental results show excellent sub-degree angular accuracy and at least 60% error reduction with this scheme.

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@article{arxiv.1201.4755,
  title  = {Improved measurement of polarization state in terahertz polarization spectroscopy},
  author = {M. Neshat and N. P. Armitage},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1201.4755},
  year   = {2012}
}

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3 pages, 4 figures. Submitted Optics Letters