Title :
Observation of diffuse terahertz pulse propagation
Author :
Pearce, J. ; Zhingpin Jian ; Mittleman, D.M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Rice Univ., Houston, TX, USA
Abstract :
We report the first observation of the diffusive propagation of single-cycle terahertz pulses in a random medium. Coherent detection permits characterization of the statistics of both the amplitude and phase of the random waveform.
Keywords :
diffusion; high-speed optical techniques; light scattering; random media; submillimetre wave propagation; time resolved spectra; coherent detection; diffusive propagation; random medium; random waveform; terahertz pulses; Electromagnetic propagation; Electromagnetic scattering; Light scattering; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Optical scattering; Optical transmitters; Particle scattering; Submillimeter wave propagation; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science, 2003. QELS. Postconference Digest
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-749-0
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2003.237956
