A phase feature extraction technique for terahertz reflection spectroscopy

作者:Zhong Hua*; Zhang Cunlin; Zhang Liangliang; Zhao Yuejin; Zhang Xi Cheng
来源:Applied Physics Letters, 2008, 92(22): 221106.
DOI:10.1063/1.2938055

摘要

We present a feature extraction technique for identification of explosive and biological materials using terahertz reflection time-domain spectroscopy (RTDS). The absorption signatures of the materials are extracted directly from the second-order derivative of the phase of the sample beam with respect to frequency. This technique provides a straightforward and fast solution to solve the phase-retrieval problem in RTDS and will benefit the future development of a standoff, large-size focal-plane terahertz sensing and imaging system.