A miniaturized fiber-coupled terahertz endoscope system

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 17082-17087

  Ji, Young Bin ^a   Lee, Eui Su ^a   Kim, Sang Hoon ^a   Son, Joo Hiuk ^b   Jeon, Tae In ^a  

^a Korea Maritime University   (South Korea)

^b University of Seoul   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SAPPHIRE; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; WATER ABSORPTION;

DETECTOR HEADS; ENDOSCOPIC SYSTEMS; FEASIBILITY TESTS; FREQUENCY SPECTRA; HIGH SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; MODE-LOCKED TI: SAPPHIRE LASERS; REFLECTION MODES; SPECTROSCOPIC SYSTEMS;

ENDOSCOPY;

GLASS FIBER;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REFRACTOMETRY; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

ENDOSCOPES; HUMANS; OPTICAL FIBERS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; REFRACTOMETRY; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 70349204307     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.017082     Document Type: Article

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