Passive stand-off Terahertz imaging with 1 hertz frame rate

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6949, Issue , 2008, Pages

  May, T ^a   Zieger, G ^a   Anders, S ^a   Zakosarenko, V ^a   Starkloff, M ^d   Meyer, H G ^a   Thorwirth, G ^b   Kreysa, E ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Jena Optronik GmbH   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Bolometer; Camera; Imaging; Terahertz; TES; Thz

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; BOLOMETERS; CAMERAS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; DETECTORS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING SYSTEMS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MICROFLUIDICS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTOGRAPHY; QUANTUM OPTICS; RADIATION; SCANNING; STANDARDS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; TECHNOLOGY; TELESCOPES; VEGETATION; VIDEO CAMERAS;

(+ MOD 2N) OPERATION; (OTDR) TECHNOLOGY; ACTIVE CAMERAS; CASSEGRAIN TELESCOPES; CHECK-IN; COOLED DETECTORS; DETECTOR PERFORMANCE; FRAME RATES; MINIMUM STANDARDS; PASSIVE SYSTEMS; POW ERFUL TOOL; PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE; RADIATION SOURCES; SAFE DISTANCE; SECONDARY MIRRORS; SECURITY APPLICATIONS; STAND-OFF; SUPERCONDUCTING BOLOMETERS; SUPERCONDUCTING TECHNOLOGY; TERAHERTZ (THZ); TERAHERTZ (THZ) IMAGING; VIDEO RATES;

MILITARY APPLICATIONS;

EID: 44949151814     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.777952     Document Type: Conference Paper

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