Spatial pattern separation of chemicals and frequency-independent components by terahertz spectroscopic imaging

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 28, 2003, Pages 5744-5748

  Watanabe, Yuuki ^a   Kawase, Kodo ^a   Ikari, Tomofumi ^a   Ito, Hiromasa ^a,b   Ishikawa, Youichi ^a   Minamide, Hiroaki ^a  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT; DRUG PRODUCTS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; SUBMILLIMETER WAVES;

SPATIAL PATTERN SEPARATION;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0141890647     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.005744     Document Type: Article

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