Title :
A 0.1 Megapixel THz camera with 17 degree field of view for large area single shot imaging
Author :
Marchese, Linda E. ; Terroux, Marc ; Bolduc, M. ; Cantin, Mario ; Martin, Olivier ; Desnoyers, Nichola ; Bergeron, Alain
Author_Institution :
INO, Quebec City, QC, Canada
Abstract :
Large area THz video-rate imaging is demonstrated using a 0.1 Megapixel THz camera having a 17 degree Field of View and 50 Hz frame rate. Active THz see-through imaging has been performed where the THz laser beam has been expanded using a series of custom lenses. Owing to the quality of the beam expansion set-up and good sensitivity of the IRXCAM-THz-384 camera, high quality, large area THz images are possible, opening the door to fast screening applications in fields such a Defense & Security and Manufacturing.
Keywords :
cameras; terahertz wave detectors; terahertz wave imaging; IRXCAM-THz-384 camera; THz camera; THz laser beam; THz video-rate imaging; active THz see-through imaging; beam expansion set-up quality; field-of-view; frequency 50 Hz; high-quality large-area THz images; large-area single-shot imaging; screening application; Cameras; Laser beams; Manufacturing; Security; Sensitivity; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz waves (IRMMW-THz), 2014 39th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tucson, AZ
DOI :
10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2014.6956039
