Terahertz active direct detection imagers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5411, Issue , 2004, Pages 68-77

  Grossman, E N ^a   Luukanen, A ^a   Miller, A J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Array; Bolometer; Concealed weapons; Imaging; Millimeter wave; Terahertz

Indexed keywords

BOLOMETER-BASED IMAGERS; CONCEALED WEAPONS; OPERATING FREQUENCY; TERAHERTZ;

ACOUSTIC NOISE; BOLOMETERS; LIGHTING; POLARIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 10044295006     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.549135     Document Type: Conference Paper

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