Terahertz radiation detection with a cantilever-based photoacoustic sensor
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A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä
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2022-11-21
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en
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9
43417-43425
43417-43425
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Optics Express, Volume 30, issue 24
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We report the photoacoustic (PA) response in the terahertz (THz) range by employing a detection process actuated with a silicon cantilever pressure sensor and a carbon-based radiation absorber. The detection relies on the mechanical response of the cantilever, when the volume of the carrier gas inside the PA cell expands with the heat produced by the radiation absorber. The detector interferometrically monitors the movement of the cantilever sensor to generate the PA signal. We selected the absorber material with the highest THz responsivity for detailed studies at 1.4 THz (214 µm wavelength). The observed responsivities of two different radiation absorbers are nearly the same at 1.4 THz and agree within 10% with responsivity values at 0.633 µm wavelength. The results demonstrate the potential of covering with a single PA detector a broad spectral range with approximately constant responsivity, large dynamic range, and high damage threshold.Description
Funding Information: Academy of Finland (320167, 314364, 326444). Publisher Copyright: © 2022 OSA - The Optical Society. All rights reserved.
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Sharma, S, Ahmadi, M, Rossi, J, Vainio, M, Sun, Z, Steiger, A & Ikonen, E 2022, ' Terahertz radiation detection with a cantilever-based photoacoustic sensor ', Optics Express, vol. 30, no. 24, pp. 43417-43425 . https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.469295