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Photonics Research
Vol. 1, Issue 4, 148 (2013)

Self-referenced measurements of the dielectric properties of metals using terahertz time-domain spectroscopy via the excitation of surface plasmon-polaritons

Shashank Pandey, Shuchang Liu, Barun Gupta, and Ajay Nahata^*

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Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA

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Shashank Pandey, Shuchang Liu, Barun Gupta, Ajay Nahata. Self-referenced measurements of the dielectric properties of metals using terahertz time-domain spectroscopy via the excitation of surface plasmon-polaritons[J]. Photonics Research, 2013, 1(4): 148 Copy Citation Text

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