Three-dimensional terahertz wave imaging

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 362, Issue 1815, 2004, Pages 283-299

  Zhang, X C ^a   Hu, Q ^b   Roskos, H ^c   Haring Bolivar P ^d  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Imaging; Sensing; Spectroscopy; Terahertz; Tomography

Indexed keywords

EID: 1042279369     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2003.1317     Document Type: Article

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