Terahertz-wave imaging system based on backward wave oscillator

IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 504-512

  Chen, Gang ^a   Pei, Jie ^b   Yang, Fei ^c   Zhou, Xiao Yang ^a   Sun, Z L ^a   Cui, Tie Jun ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b The First Aeronautic Institute of Air Force   (China)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Backward wave oscillator (BWO); continuous wave; image processing; oscilloscope; reflection imaging; terahertz (THz) imaging; transmission imaging

Indexed keywords

BACKWARD-WAVE OSCILLATORS; CONTINUOUS WAVE; OSCILLOSCOPE; TERAHERTZ IMAGING; TRANSMISSION IMAGING;

CATHODE RAY OSCILLOSCOPES; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; METADATA; MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS; PLASMA OSCILLATIONS;

TERAHERTZ WAVES;

EID: 84866013848     PISSN: 2156342X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TTHZ.2012.2210282     Document Type: Article

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