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Accurate terahertz spectroscopy of supported thin films by precise substrate thickness correction

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Abstract

We present a new approach for accurate terahertz time-domain spectroscopy of thin films deposited on dielectric substrates. Our approach relies on the simultaneous measurement of film and substrate, allowing for 15 nm—precise determination of the thickness variation between the sample and reference. Our approach allows for unprecedentedly accurate determination of the terahertz conductivity of the thin film. We demonstrate our approach on a 10 nm thin iron film deposited on a 500 μm MgO substrate. We determine the Drude momentum relaxation time in iron to within 0.15 fs uncertainty.

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Code 1       MatLab routine extracting the thickness difference between reference and sample substrates from TDS data for a supported thin film. Contains example data.

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