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Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy

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THz Communications

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Basic principles of transmission THz spectroscopy are reviewed, with a focus on characterization of atmospheric transmission and dispersion. Important literature on the use of the THz frequency range for wireless communication studies is highlighted.

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  1. Department of Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark

    Peter Uhd Jepsen, Tobias Olaf Buchmann, Binbin Zhou & Edmund John Railton Kelleher

  2. Phillips-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany

    Martin Koch

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  3. Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Japan

    Tadao Nagatsuma

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Jepsen, P.U., Buchmann, T.O., Zhou, B., Kelleher, E.J.R., Koch, M. (2022). Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy. In: Kürner, T., Mittleman, D.M., Nagatsuma, T. (eds) THz Communications. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 234. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73738-2_2

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