Paving the way for high-sensitive and real-time measurement in the terahertz frequency range

Author

Hosako, Iwao

Author_Institution

Adv. Commun. Technol. Group, Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Koganei

fYear

2008

fDate

Sept. 9 2008-Oct. 3 2008

Firstpage

59

Lastpage

61

Abstract

Recent developments of the terahertz real-time imaging system with a quantum cascade laser and un-cooled microbolometer array, terahertz quantum well photodetector, compact cavity-less femto-second light source, spectral database for materials, and atmospheric propagation model in NICT will be reported.

Keywords

photodetectors; quantum cascade lasers; submillimetre wave imaging; NICT; atmospheric propagation model; compact cavity-less femto-second light source; quantum cascade laser; real-time measurement; spectral database; terahertz frequency range; terahertz quantum well photodetector; terahertz real-time imaging system; un-cooled microbolometer array; Atmospheric measurements; Frequency measurement; Image databases; Light sources; Optical arrays; Optical imaging; Photodetectors; Quantum cascade lasers; Real time systems; Submillimeter wave measurements;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave photonics, 2008. jointly held with the 2008 asia-pacific microwave photonics conference. mwp/apmp 2008. international topical meeting on

Conference_Location

Gold Coast, Qld

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2168-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2169-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWP.2008.4666634

Filename

4666634