Terahertz optical properties of the cornea

W. Liu; Y. Lu; G. Jiao; X. Chen; J. Li; S. Chen; Y. Dong; C. Lv

doi:10.1016/j.optcom.2015.09.107

Terahertz optical properties of the cornea

W. Liu, Y. Lu, G. Jiao, X. Chen, J. Li, S. Chen, Y. Dong, C. Lv

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We present a study aimed at developing a terahertz time domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) system for detection of the optical properties of ex vivo rabbit corneal tissues with different water content at terahertz frequencies (0.1–0.3 THz). The refractive index decreased with frequency while the absorption coefficient increased with frequency. Our experimental results matched the theoretical calculation very well revealing that both the absorption coefficient and the refractive index of a hydrated cornea were much larger than that of a dehydrated cornea and the terahertz properties depended on the hydrate conditions of the biosamples.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	344-348
Journal	Optics Communications
Volume	359
Early online date	9 Nov 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2015.09.107
Publication status	Published - 15 Jan 2016

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