Spectroscopie térahertz dans le domaine temporelvignette| Impulsion typique mesurée par THz-TDS. En physique, la spectroscopie TéraHertz dans le domaine temporel ( THz-TDS ) est une technique spectroscopique dans laquelle les propriétés de la matière sont sondées avec de courtes impulsions de rayonnement térahertz. Le schéma de génération et de détection est sensible à l'effet de l'échantillon sur l'amplitude et la phase du rayonnement térahertz. En mesurant dans le domaine temporel, la technique peut fournir plus d'informations que la spectroscopie à transformée de Fourier conventionnelle, qui n'est sensible qu'à l'amplitude.
TérahertzLa bande de fréquences térahertz désigne les ondes électromagnétiques s'étendant de (ou selon les références) à . Elle est intermédiaire entre les fréquences micro-ondes et les fréquences correspondant à l'infrarouge. Le domaine des fréquences « térahertz » (THz, 1 THz = 10 Hz) s'étend de à 30 THz environ, soit environ aux longueurs d'onde entre et . Il est historiquement connu sous la terminologie d'infrarouge lointain mais on le retrouve également aujourd'hui sous l'appellation de rayon T.
Terahertz spectroscopy and technologyTerahertz spectroscopy detects and controls properties of matter with electromagnetic fields that are in the frequency range between a few hundred gigahertz and several terahertz (abbreviated as THz). In many-body systems, several of the relevant states have an energy difference that matches with the energy of a THz photon. Therefore, THz spectroscopy provides a particularly powerful method in resolving and controlling individual transitions between different many-body states.
Onde planeL'onde plane est un concept issu de la physique de la propagation des ondes. C'est une onde dont les fronts d'onde sont des plans infinis, tous perpendiculaires à une même direction de propagation désignée par le vecteur . En prenant par exemple dans la direction z, alors cette onde ne dépend pas des coordonnées x et y : Ainsi, la grandeur mesurée dépend uniquement du temps et d'une seule variable d'espace en coordonnées cartésiennes mais elle ne dépend pas du point considéré dans un plan (P) quelconque orthogonal à la direction de propagation.
Capacitor typesCapacitors are manufactured in many styles, forms, dimensions, and from a large variety of materials. They all contain at least two electrical conductors, called plates, separated by an insulating layer (dielectric). Capacitors are widely used as parts of electrical circuits in many common electrical devices. Capacitors, together with resistors and inductors, belong to the group of passive components in electronic equipment.
Terahertz metamaterialA terahertz metamaterial is a class of composite metamaterials designed to interact at terahertz (THz) frequencies. The terahertz frequency range used in materials research is usually defined as 0.1 to 10 THz. This bandwidth is also known as the terahertz gap because it is noticeably underutilized. This is because terahertz waves are electromagnetic waves with frequencies higher than microwaves but lower than infrared radiation and visible light.
Sinusoidal plane waveIn physics, a sinusoidal plane wave is a special case of plane wave: a field whose value varies as a sinusoidal function of time and of the distance from some fixed plane. It is also called a monochromatic plane wave, with constant frequency (as in monochromatic radiation). For any position in space and any time , the value of such a field can be written as where is a unit-length vector, the direction of propagation of the wave, and "" denotes the dot product of two vectors.
Ceramic capacitorA ceramic capacitor is a fixed-value capacitor where the ceramic material acts as the dielectric. It is constructed of two or more alternating layers of ceramic and a metal layer acting as the electrodes. The composition of the ceramic material defines the electrical behavior and therefore applications. Ceramic capacitors are divided into two application classes: Class 1 ceramic capacitors offer high stability and low losses for resonant circuit applications.
Film capacitorFilm capacitors, plastic film capacitors, film dielectric capacitors, or polymer film capacitors, generically called film caps as well as power film capacitors, are electrical capacitors with an insulating plastic film as the dielectric, sometimes combined with paper as carrier of the electrodes. The dielectric films, depending on the desired dielectric strength, are drawn in a special process to an extremely thin thickness, and are then provided with electrodes.
Tantalum capacitorA tantalum electrolytic capacitor is an electrolytic capacitor, a passive component of electronic circuits. It consists of a pellet of porous tantalum metal as an anode, covered by an insulating oxide layer that forms the dielectric, surrounded by liquid or solid electrolyte as a cathode. Because of its very thin and relatively high permittivity dielectric layer, the tantalum capacitor distinguishes itself from other conventional and electrolytic capacitors in having high capacitance per volume (high volumetric efficiency) and lower weight.
