| | Terahertz radiation: applications and sources - The Industrial Physicist |
 | | Also, because terahertz radiation is readily absorbed by water, it can be used to distinguish between materials with varying water content—for example, fat versus lean meat. |
 | | For example, Gerald Fraser’s group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology is frequency mixing the output of a near-IR, fixed-frequency diode laser with that of a tunable Ti:sapphire laser in a lowtemperature- grown gallium arsenide photomixer fabricated with the appropriate antenna pattern. |
 | | Although the practical application of terahertz radiation is in its infancy, the recent availability of reliable sources in the 0.3- to 5-THz range may have a wide-ranging impact on science, industry, and medicine. |
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