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Terahertz Magneto Optical Polarization Modulation Spectroscopy

Materials Science 2015-06-03 v1 Optics

Abstract

We report the development of new terahertz techniques for rapidly measuring the complex Faraday angle in systems with broken time-reversal symmetry using the cyclotron resonance of a GaAs two-dimensional electron gas in a magnetic field as a system for demonstration of performance. We have made polarization modulation, high sensitivity (< 1 mrad) narrow band rotation measurements with a CW optically pumped molecular gas laser, and by combining the distinct advantages of terahertz (THz) time domain spectroscopy and polarization modulation techniques, we have demonstrated rapid broadband rotation measurements to < 5 mrad precision.

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@article{arxiv.1201.2701,
  title  = {Terahertz Magneto Optical Polarization Modulation Spectroscopy},
  author = {D. K. George and A. V. Stier and C. T. Ellis and B. D. McCombe and J. Černe and A. G. Markelz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1201.2701},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

25 pages including 7 figures, introduces use of rotating polarizer with THz TDS for Complex Faraday Angle determination

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