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In this paper, we present experimentally the transmission and absorption properties of THz pulse through subwavelength ellipse gold rings which deposited on the silicon substrate. The transmission measurement is carried out using THz time-domain spectroscopy. THz spectra of these ellipse gold rings shows the high transmissivity, low absorption and flat refractive index curve in the frequency range of 0.4-2.5 THz. The results show that the transmission coefficients of all samples are above 0.68 in THz wave band. And the enhanced transmission of the two kinds of samples is more sensitive in high frequency range than in low frequency range. Especially when the angle between the THz wave polarization direction and the long axis of elliptic ring is 0o, the transmission coefficient for the ellipse gold split rings of sample No.2 is more than 0.98 after 1.45THz. The slits were introduced into the ellipse gold rings structure can be used effectively to modulate transmission light for the potential application of THz photonic devices.

Terahertz wave generation from air plasma induced by ultrashort laser pulses has been widely studied in the past decade. We report the study of terahertz wave generation from the laser induced plasma where there is a preformed air plasma. We found that the power of the terahertz wave generated by the main pump pulse decreases in the presence of the preformed plasma. The amount of the power drop increases with the power of pulse that generates preformed plasma. The result confirms the key role of tunneling ionization in the terahertz generation mechanism.

The terahertz (THz) and infrared spectra of solid pesticide difenoconazole are studied. The absorption spectra of difenoconazole are obtained at room temperature in the frequency range of 0.2 THz – 2.6 THz by using of terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) and in the frequency range of 1.8 THz – 10 THz by the Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). The experimental results show five significant absorption peaks in THz frequency range, respectively, 0.66 T, 0.80 T, 1.03 T, 1.31 T and 1.57 T, and those peaks corresponding to the abnormal dispersion. The spectral characteristics between 0.2 THz and 15 THz of difenoconazole are simulated by using of Gaussian03 software based on the single molecular model and the density functional theory (DFT). Both of simulation and experimental results fit well in the terahertz range. Moreover, the quantitative analysis of difenoconazole is studied based on the THz-TDS measurement. The absorption coefficient and refractive index spectra of difenoconazoles at different proportions doped with polyethylene (PE) are obtained. The partial least squares (PLS) model is built. It is possible to predict the concentration of difenoconazole in the mixtures by this method.

Ultrafast carrier dynamics in Schottky barriers is an extremely active area of research in recent years. The observation of the generation of terahertz pulses from metal/semiconductor interfaces provides a technique to characterize electronic properties of these materials. However, a detailed analysis of these phenomena has not been performed satisfactorily. In this work, the measurements of optically generated terahertz emission from Au/GaAs interfaces are investigated in detail. We observe that, under high laser power excitation, terahertz signals from bare GaAs wafers and Au/GaAs samples exhibit an opposite polarity. The polarity-flip behaviors in the terahertz beams are also observed in the temperature-dependent measurements and the femtosecond pump-generation studies of the Au/GaAs interfaces. These effects can be fully explained in terms of the dynamics of carrier transfer in the Au/GaAs Schottky barriers, which involves the internal photoelectric emission and the electron tunneling effect, and picosecond time constants are found for these processes.

In this paper we proposed a method of phase extraction for continuous terahertz wave. Firstly, we study the mathematical relationship of phase between the electro-optic sampling signal and terahertz wave in the theory, and then build the platform of continuous terahertz wave, using BWO as the source of terahertz radiation and Fs-laser as the detection of pulse. After using differential circuit and the principle of electro-optic sampling, we detect the polarization properties of optical signal and transform it into electric signal. With the filter amplifying circuit for signal processing, we obtain the phase of continuous THz wave at 0.2 THz. This method of phase extraction provides a potential way to the continuous THz wave coherent imaging, which is of great significance to the further study on continuous THz wave coherent imaging.

Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) imaging technology has been proposed to be used in the non-invasive detection of murals. THz-TDS images provide structural data of the sample that cannot be obtained with other complementary techniques. In this paper, two types of defects hidden in the plaster used to simulate the cases of defects in the murals, have been investigated by the terahertz reflected time domain spectroscopy imaging system. These preset defects include a leaf slice and a slit built in the plaster. With the terahertz reflective tomography, information about defects has been determined involving the thickness from the surface of sample to the built-in defect, the profile and distribution of the defect. With this THz tomography, different defects with the changes of optical thickness and their relative refractive index have been identified. The application of reflective pulsed terahertz imaging has been extended to the defect detection of the murals.

THz wave generation in laser-included plasma has attracted considerable attention recently and the intense THz waves generated from air-induced plasma, serving as broadband THz source for sensing and imaging applications, has attracted more and more researchers’ interests in recent years. In our experiment, terahertz is detected using THz Air-Biased Coherent Detection (THz-ABCD) method. This method can achieve the third-order nonlinear susceptibility tensor to produce field-induced optical second harmonic photons. In the THz-ABCD system, red-shift is observed in frequency spectra with enhanced pump power and decreased bandwidth. After changing the probe power, the red-shift in frequency spectral can also observed with enhanced probe power, but the bandwidth is broadening as the prober power increasing. We further explore of these phenomena through intense self-phase modulation of the optical pulse in the plasma and the collision behavior. This study reveals that we can control THz intensity and bandwidth by changing pump power and probe power in the ABCD system.

We report intense (~10 mW), ultra-broadband (~150 THz wide), terahertz-to-infrared, Gaussian-wavefront emission from nanopore-structured metallic thin films under femtosecond laser pulse irradiation. The proposed underlying mechanism is thermal radiation. The nanostructures of the metal film are produced by random holes in the substrate. Under pulse-train femtosecond laser irradiation, we found dramatically enhanced optical absorption, with an absorptivity that was equal to as much as 95% of the metallic surface nanostructure, due to both an antireflection mechanism and dissipation of excited surface plasmon polaritons into the metal surface.

Metamaterials with subwavelength structural features show unique electromagnetic responses that are unattainable with natural materials. Modulation property is regarded as one of the most important features of metamaterials. At present, the development of such terahertz switches and modulators are relatively slow. So the research of the terahertz metamaterial is very meaningful. The light-control modulation, for example, could control the resonance characteristics of split ring resonators (SRRs) by changing dielectric property of the light layer. Due to the complicated effect in photo-excited layer, we could simplify the research to firstly study the influence of substrate’s refractive index on the resonant behaviors, providing the way to further the investigation of complex problems. In addition, the shape and size of metal microstructure can produce important effect on electromagnetic response. Therefore, based on the finite-difference time-domain method, we have also simulated several SRR structures with different geometry. We find the calculated terahertz transmission spectra exhibit remarkable change, showing that the resonant dips have a red-shift phenomenon and the bandwidth gets narrow with the increased refractive index as well as the structure size. Compared with the geometry effect, the red-shift is more sensitive to the change in refractive index. This work could help us to choose the suitable substrate materials for sample fabrication to realize the specific features.

Indium Phosphide (InP) has attracted great physical interest because of its unique characteristics and is indispensable to both optical and electronic devices. In this paper, we study the optical properties of undoped (100) InP wafer in the ultra-broad terahertz frequency range (0.5-18 THz) by using air-biased-coherent-detection (ABCD) system. It is observed that InP wafer is opaque at the frequencies spanning from 6.7 THz to 12.1 THz. In the frequency regions of 0.8-6.7 THz and 12.1-18 THz it has relatively low absorption coefficient. Meanwhile, the refractive index increases monotonously in the 0.8-6.7 THz region and 12.1-18 THz region. These findings will contribute to the design of InP based component for nonlinear terahertz devices.

In order to satisfy needs which are efficient detection and miniaturization of terahertz scanning imaging instrument, a rectangular wave-guide antenna with lengthwise slits on the broad face is designed. The antenna has the advantages which are high aperture efficiency, compact structure, small volume, light weight, low cost, low side-lobe performance, narrow beam scanning and so on. At first, these parameters include slit length, slit distance, slit width and slit offset along the central axial of the broad face are calculated with the aid of related theory, then the antenna is modeled and optimized in the software. The simulation results show that the antenna can directly transmit and receive the terahertz wave at 0.1THz, the gain of the main lobe is higher, the gain of the side lobe is lower and main lobe presents the pencil beam. The results can provide reference for the revised design of terahertz scanning imaging instrument.

Terahertz radiation lies between far-infrared and microwave in electromagnetic spectrum with frequency from 0.1 to 10 THz. Absorption spectra of different mass ratio of the myrrh and polyethylene can be gained by Fourier transform infrared spectrometer in this paper. It is found that absorption spectra show a slight red-shift with the decrease of the mass ratio of myrrh and polyethylene. On the other hand, different particle sizes of polyethylene (PE) mixed with myrrh absorption spectra were measured. Due to the different sizes of polyethylene particles, there are some differences in the vibration peak intensity, peak position and peak numbers in the absorption spectra. The experimental results show that the scattering effect leads to this phenomenon.