• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 12, Issue 7, 1542 (2024)
Zhibo Hou1,2, Liao Chen1,2,*, Rongwu Liu1,2, Chi Zhang1,2..., Xiaojun Wu1,3 and Xinliang Zhang1,2,4|Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics and School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
  • 2Optics Valley Laboratory, Wuhan 430074, China
  • 3School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
  • 4e-mail: xlzhang@mail.hust.edu.cn
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.522518 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Zhibo Hou, Liao Chen, Rongwu Liu, Chi Zhang, Xiaojun Wu, Xinliang Zhang, "Enhanced terahertz vibrational absorption spectroscopy using an integrated high-Q resonator," Photonics Res. 12, 1542 (2024) Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    The terahertz (THz) absorption spectrum is a powerful method to identify substances. The improvement focuses on sensitivity and recovery ability. Here, we demonstrate enhanced THz vibrational absorption spectroscopy based on an on-chip THz whispering gallery mode resonator (THz-WGMR). A THz-WGMR with high Q can store energy and enhance the interaction between the THz waves and the target substances to capture the unique absorption fingerprint information. Therefore, it possesses significant sensitivity to identify trace amounts of substances. As a proof of concept, lactose powder and glucose powder are applied to demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach in recovering fingerprint absorption spectroscopy. Compared with a straight waveguide, the high sensitivity of the THz-WGMR is illustrated. The change of the transmissivity caused by the lactose reaches 7.8 dB around 532 GHz for the THz-WGMR, while only 1.4 dB for the straight waveguide, demonstrating the state-of-the-art sensing performance in fingerprint absorption recovery. We believe the proposed integrated THz-WGMR will promote the THz identification of tiny fingerprint substances.
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    Zhibo Hou, Liao Chen, Rongwu Liu, Chi Zhang, Xiaojun Wu, Xinliang Zhang, "Enhanced terahertz vibrational absorption spectroscopy using an integrated high-Q resonator," Photonics Res. 12, 1542 (2024)
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