Real-time terahertz imaging system for the detection of concealed objects

Optics InfoBase Conference Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Creeden, Daniel ^a   McCarthy, John C ^a   Ketteridge, Peter A ^a   Southward, Timothy ^a   Komiak, James J ^a   Chicklis, E P ^a  

^a BAE SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; OBJECT DETECTION;

CONCEALED OBJECTS; REAL TIME; SINGLE FIBER; TERAHERTZ IMAGING SYSTEMS; THZ RADIATION; THZ SIGNAL; UNCOOLED MICROBOLOMETERS;

TERAHERTZ WAVES;

EID: 85085776125     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21622701     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1364/assp.2007.mf7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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