Detectors for terahertz multi-pixel coherent imaging and demonstration of real-time imaging with a 12×12-pixel CMOS array

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8496, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Lisauskas, Alvydas ^a   Boppel, Sebastian ^a   Saphar, Mouloud ^a   Krozer, Viktor ^a   Minkevičius, Linas ^b   Venckevičius, Rimvydas ^b   Seliuta, Dalius ^b   Kašalynas, Irmantas ^b,c   Tamošiunas, Vincas ^b,c   Valušis, Gintaras ^b,c   Roskos, Hartmut G ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CENTER FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

^c VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Bow tie diodes; Detectors arrays; Field effect transistors; Heterodyne imaging; Real time camera; THzcontinuous wave imaging

Indexed keywords

BOW TIE; CHANNEL LENGTH; CMOS ARRAYS; CMOS CAMERA; COHERENT IMAGING; DETECTOR ARRAYS; FAST RESPONSE; HETERODYNE IMAGING; MULTI-PIXEL; MULTI-PIXEL ARRAYS; REAL-TIME OPERATION; REALTIME IMAGING; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SUBMICROMETERS; TERA HERTZ; TERAHERTZ IMAGING SYSTEMS; TERAHERTZ RADIATION; WAVE IMAGING;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DETECTORS; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS;

PIXELS;

EID: 84871734844     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.930086     Document Type: Conference Paper

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