Non-destructive sub-THz CW imaging

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5727, Issue , 2005, Pages 132-142

  Karpowicz, Nicholas ^a   Zhong, Hua ^a   Xu, Jingzhou ^a   Lin, Kuang I ^b   Hwang, Jenn Shyong ^b   Zhang, Xi Cheng ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fresnel lens; Golay cell; Gunn diode; Non destructive testing; THz imaging

Indexed keywords

FRESNEL LENS; GOLAY CELLS; NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING; THZ IMAGING;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; FOAMS; GUNN DIODES; IMAGE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; INSULATING MATERIALS; PLASTIC LENSES; QUALITY CONTROL; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SECURITY SYSTEMS;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 21844446088     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.590539     Document Type: Conference Paper

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