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Properties of Building and Plastic Materials in the THz Range

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We present measurements of the frequency dependent refractive index and absorption coefficient of a variety of common building and plastic materials between 100 and 1000 GHz. Accurate knowledge of the material parameters is indispensable for the modeling of bound media propagation phenomena including single and multiple reflections, transmission, diffraction and scattering effects. These models are for example required for a reliable channel simulation to investigate signal propagation in future wireless communication systems operating with Gigabit data rates at frequencies above 100 GHz. Also, the measured material parameters can be used for the investigation and development of THz system components.

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The authors thank Dr. Martin Bastian and Dr. Karsten Kretschmer from Süddeutsches Kunststoff-Zentrum, Würzburg, Germany, for providing the samples P7 and P8.

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  1. Institut für Nachrichtentechnik, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Schleinitzstraße 22, 38106, Braunschweig, Germany

    R. Piesiewicz & T. Kürner

  2. Institut für Hochfrequenztechnik, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Schleinitzstraße 22, 38106, Braunschweig, Germany

    C. Jansen, S. Wietzke & M. Koch

  3. Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA

    D. Mittleman

  4. Terahertz Communications Lab, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Schleinitzstraße 22, 38106, Braunschweig, Germany

    R. Piesiewicz, S. Wietzke, M. Koch & T. Kürner

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Piesiewicz, R., Jansen, C., Wietzke, S. et al. Properties of Building and Plastic Materials in the THz Range. Int J Infrared Milli Waves 28, 363–371 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10762-007-9217-9

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