Modelling of millimetre-wave and Terahertz imaging systems

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5619, Issue , 2004, Pages 154-165

  Gradziel, M L ^a   White, D ^a,b   Trappe, N ^a   Mahon, R J ^a   Finn, T J ^a   Withington, S ^c   Murphy, A ^a   O'Sullivan, C M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b Tallaght IT   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gaussian Beam Modes; MODAL; Modelling; Parallel processing; Physical Optics; Quasi optical; Terahertz

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFRACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MILLIMETER WAVES; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; PHYSICAL OPTICS;

GAUSSIAN BEAM MODES; MODAL; PARALLEL PROCESSING; QUASI-OPTICAL; TERAHERTZ;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 17644379346     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.578674     Document Type: Conference Paper

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