In the October issue of Laser Focus World, the article on time-domain spectroscopy, "Time-domain spectroscopy targets the far-infrared" (October 2000, p. 117), concludes, that "equipment should be available for the commercial market in the near future."
Actually, equipment is available today. Our group at Picometrix has developed and is selling a turnkey, fiber-delivered, time-domain terahertz system with a usable bandwidth up to 2 THz. This system, known as the T-Ray Diagnostic System, recently won an R&D 100 Award and has already been used for university, government, and industrial research. It has been specifically designed for operation by nonexperts and is completely turnkey, with a user-friendly software interface.
Dr. J. V. Rudd,
Terahertz Project Leader
Picometrix Inc.
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
e-mail: [email protected]