Download or read book Ultra-fast YBa2Cu3O7-x Direct Detectors for the THz Frequency Range written by Petra Thoma and published by KIT Scientific Publishing. This book was released on 2014-07-28 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the analysis and optimization of the picosecond pulsed terahertz radiation generated by electron storage rings or other pulsed sources, ultra-fast detectors are required which are able to resolve picosecond dynamic processes directly in the time domain. In this book, a new direct terahertz detector technology based on the high-temperature superconductor YBa2Cu3O7-x has been developed which opens new routes in the analysis of picosecond time-domain processes with a wide dynamic range.