Terahertz polarization imaging and its applications

S Watanabe - Photonics, 2018 - mdpi.com
This review focuses on several recent research activities regarding precise and fast
polarization-sensitive terahertz time-domain spectroscopy systems for imaging purposes …

Polarization-sensitive terahertz time-domain spectroscopy system without mechanical moving parts

M Nakagawa, M Okano, S Watanabe - Optics Express, 2022 - opg.optica.org
We report on the measurement of terahertz electric-field vector waveforms by using a system
that contains no mechanical moving parts. It is known that two phase-locked femtosecond …

Spatial polarization variation in terahertz electromagnetic wave focused by off-axis parabolic mirror

M Takai, K Shibata, M Uemoto… - Applied Physics …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
We have investigated the spatial distribution of the polarization state of a terahertz
electromagnetic wave focused by an off-axis parabolic mirror (OPM) in the focal plane. We …

Retrieving the undistorted terahertz time-domain electric-field vector from the electro-optic effect

K Oguchi, M Okano, S Watanabe - JOSA B, 2017 - opg.optica.org
We formulate and experimentally demonstrate a method to retrieve the undistorted temporal
profile of an elliptically polarized terahertz pulse from the electric-field (E-field) vector …

Intra-cycle depolarization of ultraintense laser pulses focused by off-axis parabolic mirrors

L Labate, G Vantaggiato, LA Gizzi - High Power Laser Science and …, 2018 - cambridge.org
A study of the structure of the electric and magnetic fields of ultraintense laser pulses
focused by an off-axis parabolic mirror is reported. At first, a theoretical model is laid out …

Time-domain magnetic field-difference spectroscopy for semiconductors using circularly polarized terahertz pulses

M Nagai, A Nakane, H Suzukawa… - IEEE Transactions …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose a simple method for sensitive magnetooptic spectroscopy in the terahertz (THz)
frequency regime without the need for detecting two orthogonally polarized field …

Far-field vector-diffraction of off-axis parabolic mirror under oblique incidence

XH Zeng, XY Chen - Chinese Physics B, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Based on a full vector-diffraction theory, a detailed theoretical study is carried out, aiming at
providing a clear insight into the effects of different focusing and off-axis parabola …

Radiation Dynamics and Manipulation of Extreme Terahertz Surface Wave on a Metal Wire

J Wang, Z Zhang, S Zhou, Z Qin, C Yu, Y Cao… - Laser & Photonics … - Wiley Online Library
Recent reports on sub‐terahertz (THz) generation from a laser‐irradiated wire might have
evaded the most essential contents of the wire radiation dynamics. Here, the origin of …

Spatio-temporal imaging of terahertz electric-field vectors: observation of polarization-dependent knife-edge diffraction

K Suzuki, K Oguchi, Y Monnai, M Okano… - Applied Physics …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We develop a terahertz electric-field vector imaging system that uses the rotating polarizer
technique. The imaging system is used to investigate the polarization-dependent optical …

Detailed study of transient anomalous electric field vector focused by parabolic mirror

K Shibata, M Uemoto, M Takai, S Watanabe - Journal of Optics, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper provides a detailed theoretical analysis of the unexpected transient divergent
and rotational distributions of the focused electric field vector reported in Shibata et al (2015 …