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Zhibo Hou; Liao Chen; Rongwu Liu; Chi Zhang; Xiaojun Wu; Xinliang Zhang

doi:10.1364/PRJ.522518

Photonics Research, Volume. 12, Issue 7, 1542(2024)

Enhanced terahertz vibrational absorption spectroscopy using an integrated high-Q resonator

Zhibo Hou^1,2, Liao Chen^1,2、*, Rongwu Liu^1,2, Chi Zhang^1,2, Xiaojun Wu^1,3, and Xinliang Zhang^1,2,4

¹Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics and School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China

²Optics Valley Laboratory, Wuhan 430074, China

³School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China

⁴e-mail: xlzhang@mail.hust.edu.cn

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Paper Information

Category: Spectroscopy

Received: Feb. 29, 2024

Accepted: May. 7, 2024

Published Online: Jul. 1, 2024

The Author Email: Liao Chen (liaochenchina@hust.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.522518

CSTR:32188.14.PRJ.522518

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