Inspection of space shuttle insulation foam defects using a 0.2 THz Gunn diode oscillator

Conference Digest of the 2004 Joint 29th International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves and 12th International Conference on Terahertz Electronics

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 753-754

  Zhong, Hua ^a,b   Karpowicz, Nicholas ^a,b   Xu, Jingzhou ^a,b   Deng, Yanqing ^a,b   Ussery, Warren ^b   Shur, Michael ^a,b   Zhang, X C ^a,b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLAR CELLS; PYROELECTRIC CAMERA; SPRAYED-ON FOAM INSULATION (SOFI); TIME-DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPY (TDS);

ENERGY TRANSFER; FOAMS; GUNN OSCILLATORS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PYROELECTRICITY; SPACE SHUTTLES;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 16244362370     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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