Photonics Research, Volume. 10, Issue 6, 1374(2022)

Single-shot terahertz polarization detection based on terahertz time-domain spectroscopy

Qinggang Lin1,2, Xinming Yuan1, Xuanke Zeng1,3, Yatao Yang2, Yi Cai1, Xiaowei Lu1, Maijie Zheng1, Congying Wang1, Wenhua Cao2, and Shixiang Xu1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Micro-Nano Photonic Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
  • 2College of Electronics and Information Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
  • 3e-mail: xuankezeng@szu.edu.cn
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    Qinggang Lin, Xinming Yuan, Xuanke Zeng, Yatao Yang, Yi Cai, Xiaowei Lu, Maijie Zheng, Congying Wang, Wenhua Cao, Shixiang Xu. Single-shot terahertz polarization detection based on terahertz time-domain spectroscopy[J]. Photonics Research, 2022, 10(6): 1374

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    Category: Instrumentation and Measurements

    Received: Nov. 22, 2021

    Accepted: Apr. 10, 2022

    Published Online: May. 12, 2022

    The Author Email: Shixiang Xu (shxxu@szu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.449196

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