Tomographic imaging using photonically generated low-coherence terahertz sources

Author

Isogawa, Takayuki ; Kumashiro, Takuto ; Song, Ho-Jin ; Ajito, Katsuhiro ; Kukutsu, Naoya ; Iwatsuki, Katsumi ; Nagatsuma, Tadao

Author_Institution

Grad. Sch. of Eng. Sci., Osaka Univ., Toyonaka, Japan

fYear

2011

fDate

18-21 Oct. 2011

Firstpage

53

Lastpage

56

Abstract

This paper presents three-dimensional tomographic imaging system by using low-coherence terahertz (THz) sources. In contrast to conventional THz-pulse tomography with femtosecond pulse lasers, the proposed method requires compact and low-cost broadband optical signals such as amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) sources. Operation principle and the first experimental demonstration of tomographic imaging using 300-GHz-band sources are shown.

Keywords

optical tomography; submillimetre wave imaging; submillimetre wave lasers; superradiance; terahertz wave imaging; ASE source; THz-pulse tomography; amplified spontaneous emission source; broadband optical signal; femtosecond pulse laser; frequency 300 GHz; photonically generated low-coherence THz source; photonically generated low-coherence terahertz source; three-dimensional tomographic imaging system; Coherence; Mirrors; Optical amplifiers; Optical imaging; Optical interferometry; Tomography; THz; continuous wave; imaging; interferometer; photodiode; signal generation; tomography;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Photonics, 2011 International Topical Meeting on & Microwave Photonics Conference, 2011 Asia-Pacific, MWP/APMP

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-716-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWP.2011.6088667

Filename

6088667