Millimeter and Submillimeter Techniques

Examples of THz spectroscopy results and techniques can be found in the following papers:

  1. Helminger, P., De Lucia, F. C. & Gordy, W. Extension of Microwave Absorption Spectroscopy to 0.37-mm Wavelength Phys. Rev. Lett. 25, 1397-1399 (1970). - The standard spectrometer for much of SMM/THz spectroscopy: Frequency multiplication from a lower frequency source and a sensitive cryogenic detector Google Scholar
  2. De Lucia, F. C. & Gordy, W. Molecular Beam Maser for the Shorter-Millimeter-Wave Region: Spectral Constants of HCN and DCN Phys. Rev. 187, 58-65 (1969). - A high resolution molecular beam maser for the SMM/THz Google Scholar
  3. De Lucia, F. C., Guenther, B. D. & Anderson, T. Microwave Generation from Picosecond Demodulation Sources. Appl. Phys. Lett. 47, 894-896 (1985).; Goyette, T. M., Guo, W., De Lucia, F. C., Swartz, J., Everitt, H. O., Guenther, B. D. & Brown, E. R. Femtosecond Demodulation Source for High Resolution Submillimeter Spectroscopy. Appl. Phys. Lett. 67, 3810-3812 (1995).; Demers, J. R. & De Lucia, F. C. Modulating and Scanning the Mode-lock Frequency of an 800 MHz Femtosecond Ti:Sapphire Laser Opt. Lett. 24, 250-252 (1999). - Femtosecond demodulation for comb generation in the SMM/THz
  4. Petkie, D. T., Goyette, T. M., Bettens, R. P. A., Belov, S. P., Albert, S., Helminger, P. & De Lucia, F. C. A Fast Scan Submillimeter Spectroscopic Technique Rev. Sci. Instrum. 68, 1675-1683 (1997). - The Fast Scan Submillimeter Spectroscopy Technique (FASSST) for the rapid (a few seconds) acquisition of 'complete' spectra in the SMM/THz Google Scholar
  5. De Lucia, F. C. Noise, detectors, and submillimeter-terahertz system performance in nonambient environments J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 21, 1273-1297 (2004). - Noise in the SMM/THz: Contrary to conventional wisdom, the SMM/THz is a remarkably quiet spectral region for spectroscopy and sensing Google Scholar
  6. Helminger, P., Messer, J. K. & De Lucia, F. C. Continuously Tunable Coherent Spectroscopy for the 0.1- to 1.0-THz Region Appl. Phys. Lett. 42, 309-310 (1983). Google Scholar