Real-time terahertz imaging of nonmetallic objects for security screening and anti-counterfeiting applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7117, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Behnken, Barry N ^a   Karunasiri, Gamani ^a  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Counterfeiting; Detection; Imaging; Microbolometer; Nonmetallic; Quantum cascade laser; Real time; Security; Terahertz; THz; Uncooled

Indexed keywords

BOLOMETERS; CAMERAS; IMAGE SENSORS; MILLIMETER WAVES; NONMETALLIC MATERIALS; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; SENSORS; TEMPERATURE SENSORS;

COUNTERFEITING; DETECTION; IMAGING; MICROBOLOMETER; NONMETALLIC; QUANTUM CASCADE LASER; REAL-TIME; SECURITY; TERAHERTZ; THZ; UNCOOLED;

LASERS;

EID: 57649128507     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.800632     Document Type: Conference Paper

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