Selective spectral detection of continuum terahertz radiation

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7741, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Kaufmann, P ^a,b   Marcon, R ^b,c   Marun, A ^d   Kudaka, A S ^a   Bortolucci, E ^b   Zakia, M B ^b   Diniz, J A ^b   Cassiano, M M ^a   Pereyra, P ^d   Godoy, R ^d   Timofeevsky, A V ^e   Nikolaev, V A ^e   Pereira Alves Da Silva, A M ^b   Fernandes, L O T ^a  

^a MACKENZIE PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c Observatorio Solar Bernard Lyot   (Brazil)

^d Observatório Solar Bernard Lyot ^*  (Argentina)

^e Tydex JS Co   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Solar THz radiation; THz low pass filters; THz radiometers; THz sensors

Indexed keywords

ANGLE OF INCIDENCE; ARGENTINA; CONTINUUM SPECTRA; EMISSION MECHANISM; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; FAR INFRARED; GOLAY CELLS; HIGH-ENERGY ELECTRON; HIGH-ENERGY PARTICLES; LOW-PASS; MICROBOLOMETER ARRAYS; RADIATION RESPONSE; ROUGH SURFACES; SOLAR FLARE; SPECTRAL DETECTION; SPECTRAL SENSING; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES; TERAHERTZ RADIATION; THZ FREQUENCIES; THZ RADIATION; THZ RADIOMETERS; THZ SENSORS; VISIBLE AND NEAR INFRARED;

ASTRONOMY; BANDPASS FILTERS; BOLOMETERS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; INFRARED DETECTORS; LOW PASS FILTERS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TESTING; PARTICLE ACCELERATOR ACCESSORIES; RADIATION; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOMETRY; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR HEATING; SUN; SURFACE TESTING; TEMPERATURE SENSORS; TERAHERTZ WAVE DETECTORS;

TERAHERTZ WAVES;

EID: 77956214532     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.856930     Document Type: Conference Paper

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