Sunday, December 24, 2017

Abstract- Interferometric Terahertz Wavefront Analysis



 Emmanuel Abraham,  Takayuki Ogawa,  Mathilde Brossard,   Takeshi Yasu

http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7781635/

Wavefront characterization of terahertz beams is useful for various applications such as terahertz spectroscopy and imaging. In this paper, we report on the aberration measurement of a terahertz beam issued from a quantum cascade laser. By using a terahertz camera and a two-wave noncommon path interferometer, we measured the wavefront distortions. As an example, we evaluated the Zernike coefficients giving the aberrations of spherical wavefronts induced by a converging lens. Associated with a deformable mirror, the sensor will open the route to terahertz adaptive optics.

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