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Abstract: Measuring the full polarisation state of radiation in terahertz time-domain spectroscopy has allowed scientists to study a number of complex dielectric anisotropic properties of materials that could not be easily measured before. Novel polarisation sensitive photoconductive detectors have simplified this task and their development has been a significant challenge. In this review I will present some of these devices and will also discuss some of the most recent studies that involve the use of polarisation resolved terahertz spectroscopy. (C) 2011 Springer. All rights reserved |