Uncertainty in Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy Measurement of Liquids

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• 作者：Fei Yang ; Liping Liu ; Maojiang Song…
• 关键词：THz ; Time ; domain spectroscopy (TDS) ; Measurement uncertainty ; Optical constant
• 刊名：Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：38
• 期：2
• 页码：229-247
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• 刊物类别：Physics and Astronomy
• 刊物主题：Electrical Engineering; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation; Classical Electrodynamics;
• 出版者：Springer US
• ISSN：1866-6906
• 卷排序：38

文摘

Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) is a significant technique for characterizing materials as it allows fast and broadband measurement of optical constants in the THz regime. The measurement precision of the constants is highly influenced by the complicated measurement procedure and data processing. Taking THz transmission measurement of liquids into account, the sources of error existing in THz-TDS process are identified. The contributions of each source to the uncertainty of optical constants in THz-TDS process are formulated, with particular emphasis on the effect of multilayer reflections and plane wave assumption. As a consequence, an analytical model is proposed for uncertainty evaluation in a THz-TDS measurement of liquids. An actual experiment with a Di 2-Ethyl Hexyl Phthalate (DEHP) sample is carried out to show that the proposed model could be a basis to evaluate the measurement precision of optical constants of liquids.