Wide-field imaging using a tunable terahertz free electron laser and a thermal image plate

Infrared Physics and Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 14-18

  Knyazev, B A ^a,b   Kubarev, V V ^a,b  

^a BUDKER INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b NOVOSIBIRSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Free electron laser; Temperature sensitive phosphor; Terahertz imaging

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; FREE ELECTRON LASERS; HOLOGRAMS; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; PHOSPHORS; QUENCHING;

2D IMAGING; BEAM SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; FIELD IMAGING; FREE ELECTRON LASER; INTERFEROGRAMS; LUMINESCENCE INTENSITIES; MICROBOLOMETER; NEW OPPORTUNITIES; PHOSPHOR SCREENS; PYROELECTRIC ARRAYS; QUANTUM CASCADES; RESPONSE CURVES; ROOM TEMPERATURES; SMALL SIZES; SPECTRAL RANGES; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE PHOSPHOR; TERAHERTZ; TERAHERTZ IMAGING; TERAHERTZ SOURCES; THERMAL IMAGES; THRESHOLD SENSITIVITIES;

LASERS;

EID: 58349099598     PISSN: 13504495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infrared.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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