Optical properties of human nails in THz frequency range

Abstract

This work is devoted to investigation of optical properties (dispersion of refractive index, permittivity and absorption coefficient) of human nails in THz frequency range. These data were obtained by THz time-domain spectroscopy (TDS) technique in transmission mode. These results may be used to develop non-invasive technique of human pathologies control using nail as a reference sample in reflection mode of THz TDS.

Keywords

• Spectroscopy
• nail
• refractive index
• permittivity
• absorption
• penetration depth