• DocumentCode
    1772160
  • Title

    Video Rate THz imaging based on frequency upconversion using a near-IR CMOS camera

  • Author

    Tekavec, Patrick ; Fast, Dylan ; Mcnee, Ian ; Kozlov, Vladimir ; Yun-Shik Lee ; Vodopyanov, Konstantin

  • Author_Institution
    Microtech Instrum., Eugene, OR, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a video-rate THz-imaging system based on upconversion of THz pulses into the infrared. Sideband generation by mixing high-power, narrowband THz pulses with picosecond pulses at 1064 nm in QPM-GaAs provide high contrast imaging.
  • Keywords
    CMOS image sensors; III-V semiconductors; frequency convertors; gallium arsenide; infrared imaging; optical phase matching; terahertz wave detectors; terahertz wave imaging; GaAs; QPM; frequency upconversion; high power mixing; narrowband THz pulse upconversion; near-IR CMOS camera; sideband generation; video rate THz imaging system; wavelength 1064 nm; Cameras; Cavity resonators; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Lenses; Optical filters;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6989800