Optoelectronic-based high-efficiency quasi-CW terahertz imaging

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2406-2408

  Lu, Ja Yu ^a   Chang, Hsu Hao ^a   Chen, Li Jin ^a   Tien, Ming Chun ^a   Sun, Chi Kuang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Far infrared; Millimeter wave; Photonic transmitter; Submillimeter wave; Terahertz (THz) wave imaging

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MEDICAL IMAGING; MILLIMETER WAVES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SUBMILLIMETER WAVES; TRANSMITTERS;

OPTICAL EXCITATION; PHOTONIC TRANSMITTER; TERAHERTZ (THZ) WAVE IMAGING;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 27744519148     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.857602     Document Type: Article

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