Spectral decomposition of ultrawideband terahertz imagery

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6548, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Grossman, E N ^a   Dietlein, C R ^a,b   Chisum, J ^a,b   Luukanen, A ^c   Bjarnason, J E ^d   Brown, E R ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

^c VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^d University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Bolometer; Concealed weapons; Imaging; Millimeter wave; Terahertz; Ultrabroadband

Indexed keywords

CONCEALED WEAPONS; MICROBOLOMETERS; SPECTRAL DECOMPOSITION; TRANSMITTANCE;

BANDWIDTH; BOLOMETERS; CRYOGENICS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MILLIMETER WAVES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

IMAGE SENSORS;

EID: 35948993853     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.719632     Document Type: Conference Paper

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