Terahertz heterodyne imaging part I: Introduction and techniques

International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 465-480

  Siegel, Peter H ^a,b   Dengler, Robert J ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPACE SCIENCE APPLICATIONS; TERAHERTZ HETERODYNE IMAGING;

HETERODYNING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MILLIMETER WAVES; SPACE RESEARCH;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 34547275862     PISSN: 01959271     EISSN: 15729559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10762-006-9103-x     Document Type: Article

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