Two-dimensional interferometric and synthetic aperture imaging with a hybrid terahertz/millimeter wave system

Appl Opt. 2010 Jul 1;49(19):E13-9. doi: 10.1364/AO.49.000E13.

Abstract

We have developed an interferometric synthetic aperture incoherent imaging system at 94 GHz, in which a high-power electronic millimeter wave source (Gunn Oscillator) is integrated with a continuous-wave terahertz (THz) photomixing detection system to achieve a high signal-to-noise ratio. Imaging of a point source located 10?m away from the detector array is presented. Two-dimensional THz reflective images of an extended object with different shapes are reconstructed with only four detectors by use of rotational synthesis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Image Enhancement / instrumentation*
  • Interferometry / instrumentation*
  • Microwaves
  • Systems Integration
  • Terahertz Radiation