This thesis covers three research areas. The first is the THz spectroscopy of VOCs using a THz spectrometer based on photomixing, the latter making it possible access the 0.3-3 THz spectral region with high resolution. This work concerns the improvement of molecular parameters of formaldehyde (H₂CO) obtained through the implementation of metrology system using a frequency comb. The high resolution of spectrometer has also demonstrated its utility effectively together with various laboratories for the determination of broadening-coefficicents of the methyl chloride (CH₃Cl). The second topic shows the detection of small radicals by photomixing through studies of hydroxyl (OH) and mercaptan (SH) radicals. The high resolution of our spectrometer provides access to their hyperfine structure with details unmatched in the 1-3 THz region. This section also illustrates the importance of our partnership with the AILES beamline of the SOLEIL synchrotron and demonstrates the complementary between the photomixing-spectrometer and the interferometer coupled to synchrotron radiation. The last section presents the initiation of a kinetic study in the THz group performed with a frequency multiplication chain. This study concerns the photolysis of the H₂CO. Accompanied by a study to characterize the THz radiation in the presence of sodium chloride aerosols hydrated.
