Self-referenced measurements of the dielectric properties of metals using terahertz time-domain spectroscopy via the excitation of surface plasmon-polaritons

Shashank Pandey; Shuchang Liu; Barun Gupta; Ajay Nahata

doi:10.1364/PRJ.1.000148

Photonics Research, Volume. 1, Issue 4, 148(2013)

Self-referenced measurements of the dielectric properties of metals using terahertz time-domain spectroscopy via the excitation of surface plasmon-polaritons

Shashank Pandey, Shuchang Liu, Barun Gupta, and Ajay Nahata^*

Author Affiliations

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA

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Paper Information

Category: Optics at Surfaces

Received: Jul. 24, 2013

Accepted: Sep. 9, 2013

Published Online: Dec. 26, 2013

The Author Email: Ajay Nahata (nahata@ece.utah.edu)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.1.000148

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