Measurement of Optical Parameters of Organic Solvents by THz Time-Domain Reflection Spectroscopy
LIU Chang, YUE Ling-yue, WANG Xin-ke, SUN Wen-feng, ZHANG Yan*
Department of Physics, Capital Normal University, Beijing Key Lab for Terahertz Spectroscopy and Imaging, Key Laboratory of Terahertz Optoelectronics, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100048, China
Abstract:Four kinds of organic solvents, including positive hexane, liquid paraffin, ethyl alcohol, and water, were measured by using terahertz time-domain reflection spectroscopy. According the experiment models, two methods can be used to extract optical parameters. Refractive index and absorption coefficient for these four solvents were extracted with two methods and were compared with the results obtained by transmission measurements, which verified that these methods are correct. This work solved the problem that the optical parameters of sample absorbing strongly terahertz cannot be measured and extracted by using terahertz time-domain transmission system.
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