Improved common-path spectral interferometer for single-shot terahertz detection

Shuiqin Zheng; Qinggang Lin; Yi Cai; Xuanke Zeng; Ying Li; Shixiang Xu; Jingzhen Li; Dianyuan Fan

doi:10.1364/PRJ.6.000177

Photonics Research, Volume. 6, Issue 3, 177(2018)

Improved common-path spectral interferometer for single-shot terahertz detection

Shuiqin Zheng^1,2, Qinggang Lin¹, Yi Cai¹, Xuanke Zeng^1,2, Ying Li², Shixiang Xu^1、*, Jingzhen Li¹, and Dianyuan Fan²

¹Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Micro-Nano Photonic Information Technology, College of Electronic Science and Technology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China

²SZU-NUS Collaborative Innovation Center for Optoelectronic Science & Technology, Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China

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Paper Information

Category: Ultrafast Optics

Received: Jan. 5, 2018

Accepted: Jan. 8, 2018

Published Online: Jul. 10, 2018

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

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.6.000177

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