Stand-alone system for high-resolution, real-time terahertz imaging

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 2772-2778

  Amanti, Maria I ^a   Scalari, Giacomo ^a   Beck, Mattias ^a   Faist, Jerome ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL CONSTANTS; OPTICS;

CONTINUOUS WAVES; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK; HIGH RESOLUTION; MW OUTPUT; PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS; PORTABLE SYSTEM; QUANTUM CASCADES; STANDALONE SYSTEMS; TERAHERTZ IMAGING; THIRD-ORDER; THZ IMAGING; THZ LASERS;

QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; TERAHERTZ IMAGING;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LASERS; TERAHERTZ IMAGING;

EID: 84856449147     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.002772     Document Type: Article

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