Switchable vortex beam polarization state terahertz multi-layer metasurface

We propose a switchable vortex beam polarization state terahertz multi-layer metasurface, which consists of three-layer elliptical metal crosses, four-layer dielectrics, and two-layer hollow metal circles, which are alternately superimposed. Under the normal incidence of left-handed circularly polarized (LCP) wave and the right-handed circularly polarized (RCP) waves, the proposed structure realizes three independent control functions, i.e., focused and vortex beam, vortex beam with different topological charges, and polarization states switching, and azimuth switching of two vortex beams with different polarization states. The results show that the proposed metasurface provides a new idea for investigating the multifunctional terahertz wave modulation devices.     

Broadband terahertz spectroscopy

An overview of the major techniques to generate and detect THz radiation so far,especially the major approaches to generate and detect coherent ultra-short THz pulses using ultra-short pulsed laser,has been presented.And also,this paper,in particularly,focuses on broadband THz spectroscopy and addresses on a number of issues relevant to generation and detection of broadband pulsed THz radiation as well as broadband time-domain THz spectroscopy (THz-TDS) with the help of ultra-short pulsed laser.The time-dom...     

Quantum teleportation of a polarization state with a complete bell state measurement

We report a quantum teleportation experiment in which nonlinear interactions are used for the Bell state measurements. The experimental results demonstrate the working principle of irreversibly teleporting an unknown arbitrary polarization state from one system to another distant system by disassembling into and then later reconstructing from purely classical information and nonclassical EPR correlations. The distinct feature of this experiment is that all four Bell states can be distinguished in the Bell state measurement. Teleportation of a polarization state can thus occur with certainty in principle.     

Microwave-optical polarization spectroscopy of theX 2 Σ state of SrF

Hyperfine components in theN=1←0 rotational transition of theX ²Σ state of SrF have been studied with microwave-optical polarization spectroscopy. Of particular interest was the examination of the line shape under the influence of various microwave intensities, cell pressures and small magnetic fields below 1 G. Compensation of the earth's magnetic field with external Helmholtz coils resulted in line widths as small as 600 kHz.     

THz波的小波变换频谱分析

将小波变换引入THz波时域光谱技术.将水蒸气的THz波时域信号通过小波变换转化为二维的时间-频率平面，得到了和文献报道数据相一致的水蒸气的吸收谱线.同时发现了THz波频谱的时域分布特性，这将有利于进一步研究THz波与物质相互作用的内在机理. 关键词： THz波 频谱分析 小波变换     

多功能太赫兹超表面偏振控制器

本文提出了一种“金属栅-开口环/硅环-金属栅”结构的透射式超表面偏振控制器, 研究了入射角度和抽运光对该器件传输及偏振态控制性能的影响. 研究结果表明, 当线偏振太赫兹波垂直入射时, 可对0.39-1.11 THz频段的太赫兹波实现偏振方向90°旋转, 偏振旋转效率为99%, 损耗为1 dB. 对于斜入射的情况, 偏振转换性能在0-60°范围内基本保持不变, 且透过率达到90%以上. 同时, 通过调控抽运光强度的方式, 该器件能够实现对透射与反射太赫兹光束的强度调制, 调制深度均达到90%, 且可以实现太赫兹波偏振分束功能. 该器件可以作为未来太赫兹空间光通信和信息处理的宽带、角度不敏感、可调谐的偏振转换器和分束器.     

Nonlinear terahertz spectroscopy of semiconductor nanostructures

Nonlinear frequency conversion and electro-optic sampling allow for the generation and phase-resolved characterization of few-cycle pulses in the frequency range up to 50 THz. Electric field transients with amplitudes of up to several MV/cm are applied to study coherent nonlinear excitations of low-dimensional semiconductors. We report the first observation of Rabi oscillations on intersubband transitions of electrons in GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells. Frequency and phase of such oscillations are controlled in the 0.3- to 2.5-THz range via the strength and shape of the mid-infrared driving pulse. PACS 78.67.De; 73.21.Fg; 07.57.Hm; 42.65.Re     

Rapid-phase modulation of terahertz radiation for high-speed terahertz imaging and spectroscopy

Rapid voltage-controlled phase modulation of cw terahertz (THz) radiation is demonstrated. By transmitting an infrared beam through a lithium niobate phase modulator the phase of the THz radiation, which is generated by the photomixing of two infrared beams, can be directly modulated through a 2pi phase shift. The 100 kHz modulation rate that is demonstrated with this technique is approximately 3 orders of magnitude faster than what can be achieved by mechanical scanning.     

Solid state spin-flip terahertz maser

Feasibility of pumping the terahertz spin-flip maser by spin-polarized tunneling is investigated and the conditions for the population inversion and threshold current are established. At low temperatures (T < 30 K) lasing in the 50 μm range of wavelengths with an output power of the order of 1 mW is anticipated when a magnetic field of 1 T and a current density of 50 kA cm⁻²are applied.     

太赫兹光谱技术在四氢双环戊二烯检测中的应用

研究了太赫兹光谱技术在鉴别含能材料同分异构体中的应用。首先研制了适于特定工程应用的太赫兹时域光谱仪样机,并经过振动冲击、高低温试验验证了样机的环境适应性,表明该款样机完全可以在非实验室环境下稳定可靠地工作。利用一氧化碳标准气体验证了样机测量光谱的正确性,并同时实现了对样机测量频率的校准;利用校准后的光谱仪测量了四氢双环戊二烯的两种同分异构体endo-THDCPD和exo-THDCPD的太赫兹光谱,测量结果显示两种不同构型材料的太赫兹光谱存在显著差异,endo-THDCPD的太赫兹光谱在0.23 THz和1.70 THz处呈现出明显的特征吸收,exo-THDCPD的2个最明显的特征吸收峰则位于1.41 THz和1.74 THz。该结果表明:运用太赫兹光谱技术可有效区分这两种分子结构仅存在微弱差异的材料,对太赫兹光谱在含能材料研究领域的应用具有参考意义。     

A terahertz polarization insensitive dual band metamaterial absorber

Metamaterial absorbers have attracted considerable attention for applications in the terahertz range. In this Letter, we report the design, fabrication, and characterization of a terahertz dual band metamaterial absorber that shows two distinct absorption peaks with high absorption. By manipulating the periodic patterned structures as well as the dielectric layer thickness of the metal-dielectric-metal structure, significantly high absorption can be obtained at specific resonance frequencies. Finite-difference time-domain modeling is used to design the structure of the absorber. The fabricated devices have been characterized using a Fourier transform IR spectrometer. The experimental results show two distinct absorption peaks at 2.7 and 5.2?THz, which are in good agreement with the simulation. The absorption magnitudes at 2.7 and 5.2?THz are 0.68 and 0.74, respectively.     

超快太赫兹时域光谱系统

超快太赫兹时域光谱系统是基于高速异步光学采样原理进行工作的,该系统使用2个重复频率可在1 GHz附近变化的飞秒振荡器,并使用高带宽反馈电路控制其重复频率。2个飞秒振荡器的重复频率存在Δf的失谐,一个飞秒振荡器的重复频率是1 GHz+Δf Hz,为泵浦脉冲;另一个飞秒振荡器的重复频率是1 GHz,为探测脉冲,由此提供泵浦脉冲和探针脉冲的时间差,时间延迟呈周期性变化,其扫描周期可以由1/Δf给出。此系统摒弃了传统THz-TDS系统所必需的机械延迟线,采用双光子探测器来产生触发信号。当设定Δf=1 kHz时,1 ms就可以探测出1个THz谱, 用时10.3 s即可得到动态范围为21 dB、频谱分辨率为5 GHz的太赫兹信号。该系统具有检测速度快和频谱分辨率高的优点,在需要快速测量的应用环境中有着传统太赫兹时域光谱系统不可比拟的优势。     

"All air-plasma" terahertz spectroscopy

We demonstrate terahertz wave generation and detection capabilities up to 6 THz without the need for solid state materials, biased electrodes, or forward propagating signal collection. An "all air-plasma" terahertz system is used to encode explosive material resonant signatures into the 357 nm nitrogen fluorescence line of a bichromatic field-induced laser plasma filament. These results show the practicability to extend these measurements to remote locations where terahertz pulse information is no longer limited by water vapor absorption, phonon resonance, or signal collection directionality.     

基于太赫兹技术的药物检测

鉴于太赫兹辐射特有的光谱分辨性、功能性成像特点以及良好的穿透性和安全性等,太赫兹波谱技术迅速成为物质分析与检测等的重要工具。文章基于太赫兹时域光谱技术的实验数据,结合泛函密度理论(DFT)和HIPHOP模型,对一系列降糖类药物进行分子解析和功能基团识别;结合支持向量机理论(SVM),对4种郁金类中草药进行分析识别;并结合差式扫描量热法对葡萄糖—水合物的结晶水状态进行测定;最后对太赫兹时域技术在药物检测方面的优势和不足做了进一步的分析与展望。     

Gas sensing using terahertz time-domain spectroscopy

Received: 25 February 1998     

和田玉的太赫兹光谱研究

用太赫兹时域光谱(THz-TDS)技术研究材料的光学性质是太赫兹应用领域的一个研究热点,国内已经在毒品,爆炸物的无损检测,有机物大分子的识别方面取得了大量成果。文章结合THz-TDS技术的特点及其在物质成分识别方面的应用,测得三种和田玉(羊脂白玉,青花玉,青玉)在0.2~2.6 THz的吸收系数和折射率曲线,不同种类的和田玉吸收系数差别很大,折射率在0.2~2.6 THz波段为2.4~2.7。实验结果初步说明,通过太赫兹波段的吸收谱和折射率的特征差异与种类之间的关系判断和田玉的种类是可行的,为无损和田玉种类鉴别提供一种新型的方法。     

Microwave modulated polarization spectroscopy

Complex sub-Doppler spectra can be simplified by the application of microwave modulated polarization spectroscopy (MMPS). This new laser spectroscopy technique is based on a combination of Doppler free laser polarization spectroscopy with microwave optical polarization spectroscopy (MOPS). The method has been used to label particular optical lines in the B²σ-X²σ spectrum of SrF.     

Origin of potential errors in the quantitative determination of terahertz optical properties in time-domain terahertz spectroscopy

We demonstrate theoretically and experimentally how changes of a terahertz(THz) beam induced by the sample affect the accuracy of the determination of THz dielectric properties in THz time-domain transmission spectroscopy(TDTS). We apply a Gaussian beam and the ABCD matrix formalism to describe the propagation of the THz beam in a focused beam setup. The insertion of the sample induces a focus displacement which is absent in the reference measurement without a sample. We show how the focus displacement can be corrected. The THz optical properties after focus displacement correction reported in this Letter are in quantitative agreement with those obtained using collimated beam THz–TDTS in previous work.     

Applications of time-resolved terahertz spectroscopy in ultrafast carrier dynamics

Three time-resolved terahertz (THz) spectroscopy methods (optical-pump/THz-probe spectroscopy,THzpump/THz-probe spectroscopy,and THz-pump/optical-probe spectroscopy) are reviewed.These are used to characterize ultrafast dynamics in photo-or THz-excited semiconductors,superconductors,nanomaterials,and other materials.In particular,the optical-pump/THz-probe spectroscopy is utilized to investigate carrier dynamics and the related intervalley scattering phenomena in semiconductors.The recent development of intense pulsed THz sources is expected to affect the research in nonlinear THz responses of various materials.