Development of a THz heterodyne receiver with quantum cascade laser and hot electron bolometer mixer for stand-off detection of explosive material

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7311, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Richter, H ^a   Semenov, A D ^a   Pavlov, S G ^a   Mahlerb, L ^b   Tredicuccib, A ^b   Beere, H E ^c   Ritchie, D A ^c   Ortolani, M ^d   Schade, U ^e   Il'in, K S ^f   Siegel, M ^f   Hubers H W ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b INFM   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d IFN CNR   (Italy)

^e HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

HEB; QCL; RadarPulse tube cooler; THz

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERED RADIATION; DIFFERENT FREQUENCY; ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRA; EXPLOSIVE DETECTION; EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS; HEB; HETERODYNE RECEIVERS; HOT ELECTRON BOLOMETER MIXER; LOCAL OSCILLATORS; MAXIMUM SENSITIVITY; QCL; RADARPULSE TUBE COOLER; SINGLE FREQUENCY; SPECTRAL FEATURE; SPECTROSCOPIC INFORMATION; STAND-OFF; STANDOFF DETECTION; TERAHERTZ; THZ; THZ QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS;

BOLOMETERS; COOLING SYSTEMS; HOT ELECTRONS; LASERS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; RADIO RECEIVERS;

HETERODYNING;

EID: 69649085221     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.818134     Document Type: Conference Paper

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