Design and analysis of quasi-optical THz time domain imaging systems

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7100, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Brückner, Claudia ^a,b   Pradarutti, Boris ^a,b   Müller, Ralf ^a   Riehemann, Stefan ^a   Notni, Gunther ^a   Tünnermann, Andreas ^a,b  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED OPTICS AND PRECISION ENGINEERING   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Optical design; THz; Ultra precision machining

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; DESIGN; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LENSES; MACHINING; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PLASTIC LENSES; PRECISION ENGINEERING;

ASPHERIC PLASTIC LENSES; DESIGN AND ANALYSES; FIELD POINTS; INTENSITY CONTRASTS; ON TIMES; OPTICAL-; OPTIMIZED SYSTEMS; PARABOLIC MIRRORS; RESOLUTION TESTS; SPECTRAL REGIONS; THZ; TIME DOMAINS; ULTRA-PRECISION MACHINING;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 56249141863     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.797606     Document Type: Conference Paper

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