Hybrid continuous-wave demodulating multipixel terahertz imaging systems

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 58, Issue 7 PART 2, 2010, Pages 2022-2026

  Friederich, Fabian ^a   Spickermann, Gunnar ^b   Roggenbuck, Axel ^c   Deninger, Anselm ^c   Weg, Christian Am ^a   Von Spiegel, Wolff ^a   Lison, Frank ^c   Bolívar, Peter Haring ^b   Roskos, Hartmut G ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^c TOPTICA PHOTONICS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Demodulating detector array; Electrooptic (EO) terahertz detection; Laser synchronization; Photonic mixer device; Terahertz imaging

Indexed keywords

BEAT SIGNALS; CONTINUOUS WAVES; DEMODULATING DETECTORS; DIFFERENCE FREQUENCY; DIODE LASERS; DISTRIBUTED-FEEDBACK; ELECTROOPTIC (EO) TERAHERTZ DETECTION; FEMTO-SECOND LASER; LASER CURRENTS; MULTI-PIXEL; NEAR INFRARED; PHASE-SENSITIVE; STABLE PHASE; SYNCHRONIZED LASER; TERAHERTZ DETECTION; TERAHERTZ EMITTERS; TERAHERTZ IMAGING; TERAHERTZ IMAGING SYSTEMS; TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

DETECTORS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INFRARED LASERS; MICROELECTRONICS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTONIC DEVICES; POWER CONVERTERS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; QUARTZ; SYNCHRONIZATION;

TERAHERTZ WAVES;

EID: 77954656302     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2010.2050390     Document Type: Article

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