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This paper presents a highly sensitive terahertz (THz) calorimeter developed using a magnetically loaded epoxy as a broadband absorber. The reflection loss of the absorber, which has a pyramidally textured surface, is less than 0.04, as determined using a THz time-domain spectrometer and a vector network analyzer. The THz calorimeter successfully enabled the measurement of the absolute THz power from a photomixer at microwatt levels at room temperature. The measurement uncertainties at a 95% confidence level were 6.2% for 13 μW at 300 GHz and 5.6% for 1.5 μW at 1 THz, respectively. Details of the evaluation and uncertainty analyses are also presented.
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The authors would like to thank Y. Kato and M. Horibe of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology for their support in the VNA measurements.
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This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI (Grant Number JP16K06403).
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Iida, H., Kinoshita, M. & Amemiya, K. Accurate Measurement of Absolute Terahertz Power Using Broadband Calorimeter. J Infrared Milli Terahz Waves 39, 409–421 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10762-018-0477-3
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