A real-time terahertz imaging system consisting of terahertz quantum cascade laser and uncooled microbolometer array detector

Iwao Hosako; Norihiko Sekine; Naoki Oda; Masahiko Sano; Seiji Kurashina; Masaru Miyoshi; Ken'ichi Sonoda; Hajime Yoneyama; Tokuhito Sasaki

doi:10.1117/12.887947

25 May 2011 A real-time terahertz imaging system consisting of terahertz quantum cascade laser and uncooled microbolometer array detector

Iwao Hosako, Norihiko Sekine, Naoki Oda, Masahiko Sano, Seiji Kurashina, Masaru Miyoshi, Ken'ichi Sonoda, Hajime Yoneyama, Tokuhito Sasaki

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Proceedings Volume 8023, Terahertz Physics, Devices, and Systems V: Advance Applications in Industry and Defense; 80230A (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.887947
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2011, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

Terahertz imaging has attracted much attention in recent years, because the technique can be applied to many application fields such as nondestructive analysis and imaging method through opaque materials. A terahertz real-time imaging technique (Terahertz Camera) considered increasingly important in the future has been developed. The terahertz camera consists of a light source (Terahertz quantum cascade laser) and an un-cooled micro-bolometer array, which can easily get real-time terahertz-image. As an application of the terahertz camera, a stand-off imaging system that could be useful in a fire disaster relief and a label-free bio-materials detection system have developed and demonstrated.

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Iwao Hosako, Norihiko Sekine, Naoki Oda, Masahiko Sano, Seiji Kurashina, Masaru Miyoshi, Ken'ichi Sonoda, Hajime Yoneyama, and Tokuhito Sasaki "A real-time terahertz imaging system consisting of terahertz quantum cascade laser and uncooled microbolometer array detector", Proc. SPIE 8023, Terahertz Physics, Devices, and Systems V: Advance Applications in Industry and Defense, 80230A (25 May 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.887947

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