Real-time imaging using a 4.3-THz quantum cascade laser and a 320 × 240 microbolometer focal-plane array

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 1415-1417

  Lee, Alan W M ^a,b   Williams, Benjamin S ^a,b   Kumar, Sushil ^a,b   Hu, Qing ^a,b   Reno, John L ^c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Imaging; Quantum cascade laser (QCL); Real time; Terahertz

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL IMAGING; MICROBOLOMETERS; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; REAL TIME IMAGING;

BOLOMETERS; CASCADE CONNECTIONS; FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS; LASER THEORY; QUANTUM THEORY; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 33749473914     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.877220     Document Type: Article

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