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Video rate terahertz imaging using Si-technology based micro-bolometer array/camera

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 July 2012

Iwao Hosako  and
Naoki Oda
Iwao Hosako
Affiliation:
Advanced ICT Research Institute, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, 4-2-1 Nukuikita, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8795, Japan
Naoki Oda
Affiliation:
NEC Guidance and Electro-Optics Division, 1-10, Nisshin-Cho, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-8501, Japan
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Abstract

Terahertz (THz) imaging technique 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 optically opaque materials. A THz real-time imaging equipment (Terahertz Camera) considered increasingly important in the future has been developed. We report a THz video rate imaging system consisting of a quantum-cascade laser (QCL) light source as a THz illuminator, and a Si-technology based un-cooled micro-bolometer focal-plane array (an infrared detector common in thermal cameras). We also describe two applications of our imaging system: stand-off imaging for search and rescue in a fire disaster, and label-free biomaterial detection.

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Simicroelectro-mechanical (MEMS)optical
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1437: Symposium L – Group IV Photonics for Sensing and Imaging , 2012 , mrss12-1437-l07-01
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2012

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