Abstract:
A single terahertz wave time-waveform measuring device 1 acquires information on an object to be measured 9 by using a terahertz wave, and includes a light source 11, a beam diameter adjuster 12, a separator 13, a terahertz wave generator 21, a light path length difference adjuster 31, a pulse front tilting unit 32, a polarizer 33, a wave synthesizer 41, an electro-optic crystal 42, an analyzer 43, and a photodetector 44. The terahertz wave generator 21 generates a pulse terahertz wave in response to an input of pump light and outputs the pulse terahertz wave. The pulse front tilting unit 32 makes pulse fronts of the terahertz wave and the probe light when being input into the electro-optic crystal 42 nonparallel to each other by tilting the pulse front of the probe light.
Abstract:
A total reflection terahertz wave measuring apparatus 1 is configured to acquire information on a subject S by a total reflection measurement method by use of a terahertz wave, and includes a light source 11, a branching part 12, a chopper 13, an optical path length difference adjusting part 14, a polarizer 15, a separator 17, a terahertz wave generating element 20, an internal total reflection prism 31, a terahertz wave detecting element 40, a 1/4 wavelength plate 51, a polarization split element 52, a photodetector 53A, a photodetector 53B, a differential amplifier 54, and a lock-in amplifier 55. The internal total reflection prism 31 is a so-called aplanatic prism, and has an entrance plane 31 a, an exit plane 31 b, and a reflection plane 31 c. The terahertz wave generating element 20 is provided to be integrated with the entrance plane 31a of the internal total reflection prism 31, and the terahertz wave detecting element 40 is provided to be integrated with the exit plane 31b of the internal total reflection prism 31.