Terahertz imaging system based on antenna-coupled microbolometers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3378, Issue , 1998, Pages 34-44

  Luukanen, Arttu ^a   Viitanen, Veli Pekka ^a  

^a Oxford Instruments Analytical Oy   (Finland)

Author keywords

Antenna coupled microbolometers; Concealed weapons detection; Millimeter wave camera; Passive submillimeter wave imaging

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; BOLOMETERS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MILLIMETER WAVES; SPIRAL ANTENNAS; SUBMILLIMETER WAVES; TEMPERATURE SENSORS;

CONCEALED WEAPONS DETECTIONS; LARGE-FORMAT IMAGING; MICRO-BOLOMETERS; MILLIMETER-WAVE CAMERA; PARABOLIC REFLECTOR; SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES; SUBMILLIMETER-WAVE IMAGING; TERAHERTZ IMAGING SYSTEMS;

PARABOLIC ANTENNAS;

EID: 0006598431     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.319403     Document Type: Conference Paper

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