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Presented here is the development and demonstration of a tunable cavity-enhanced terahertz frequency-domain optical Hall effect technique. The cavity consists of at least one fixed and one tunable Fabry-Perot resonator. The approach is suitable for enhancement of the optical signatures produced by the optical Hall effect in semi-transparent conductive layer structures with plane parallel interfaces. The physical principle is the constructive interference of electric field components that undergo multiple optical Hall effect induced polarization rotations upon multiple light passages through the conductive layer stack. Tuning one of the cavity parameters, such as the external cavity thickness, permits shifting of the frequencies of the constructive interference, and enhancement of the optical signatures produced by the optical Hall effect can be obtained over large spectral regions. A cavity-tuning optical stage and gas flow cell are used as examples of instruments that exploit tuning an external cavity to enhance polarization changes in a reflected terahertz beam. Permanent magnets are used to provide the necessary external magnetic field. Conveniently, the highly reflective surface of a permanent magnet can be used to create the tunable external cavity. The signal enhancement allows the extraction of the free charge carrier properties of thin films, and can eliminate the need for expensive super-conducting magnets. Furthermore, the thickness of the external cavity establishes an additional independent measurement condition, similar to, for example, the magnetic field strength, terahertz frequency, and angle of incidence. A high electron mobility transistor structure and epitaxial graphene are studied as examples. We discuss the theoretical background, instrument design, data acquisition, and data analysis procedures.
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