Detection and segmentation of concealed objects in terahertz images

X Shen, CR Dietlein, E Grossman… - IEEE transactions on …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Terahertz imaging makes it possible to acquire images of objects concealed underneath
clothing by measuring the radiometric temperatures of different objects on a human subject …

Passive terahertz camera for standoff security screening

E Grossman, C Dietlein, J Ala-Laurinaho, M Leivo… - Applied …, 2010 - opg.optica.org
We describe the construction and performance of a passive, real-time terahertz camera
based on a modular, 64-element linear array of cryogenic hotspot microbolometers. A …

THz metrology and instrumentation

Z Popovic, EN Grossman - IEEE Transactions on Terahertz …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper gives an overview of measurement techniques used in the THz region of the
electromagnetic spectrum, from about 100 GHz to several THz. Currently available …

Terahertz gas phase spectroscopy using a high-finesse Fabry–Pérot cavity

F Hindle, R Bocquet, A Pienkina, A Cuisset, G Mouret - Optica, 2019 - opg.optica.org
The achievable instrument sensitivity is a critical parameter for the continued development of
terahertz (THz) applications. Techniques such as cavity-enhanced techniques and cavity …

Passive terahertz imaging detectors based on antenna-coupled high-electron-mobility transistors

J Sun, Y Zhu, W Feng, Q Ding, H Qin, Y Sun… - Optics express, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Aiming at the requirement of passive terahertz imaging, we report a high-sensitivity terahertz
detector based on an antenna-coupled AlGaN/GaN high-electron-mobility transistor (HEMT) …

Carbon nanotube bolometers

M Tarasov, J Svensson, L Kuzmin… - Applied Physics …, 2007 - pubs.aip.org
A cryogenic bolometer has been fabricated using a bundle of single-walled carbon
nanotubes as absorber. A bolometric response was observed when the device was exposed …

Nanometric CMOS-SOI-NEMS transistor for uncooled THz sensing

Y Nemirovsky, A Svetlitza, I Brouk… - IEEE transactions on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper reports the design (electrical, mechanical, and thermal), fabrication technology
by postcomplementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) nanomachining, and …

Radiation-harvesting resonant superconducting sub-THz metamaterial bolometer

V Savinov, VA Fedotov, PAJ de Groot… - Superconductor …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
We demonstrate a frequency-selective energy-harvesting sub-THz superconducting
bolometer. The bolometer, a two-dimensional array of connected metamaterial resonators …

[PDF][PDF] Millimeter-and submillimeter-wave imaging technologies for biometric purposes

M Moreno-Moreno, J Fierrez… - Proceedings of XXIV …, 2009 - biometrics.eps.uam.es
The inherent restrictions of human body images acquired at visible spectrum hinder the
performance of person recognition systems built using that kind of information (eg scene …

Design and analysis of frequency-selective surface enabled microbolometers

T Liu, C Qu, M Almasri, E Kinzel - Infrared Technology and …, 2016 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Frequency Selective Surfaces (FSS) are periodic array of sub-wavelength antenna
elements. They allow the absorptance and reflectance of a surface to be engineered with …