Title :
Detectors for THz astronomical imaging and spectroscopy
Abstract :
The universe shines very brightly in the THz band. I will describe some of the technological developments that have led to an exponential, Moore´s-law improvement in our ability to study the universe at THz frequencies.
Keywords :
astronomical instruments; astronomical spectra; terahertz wave detectors; terahertz wave imaging; THz astronomical imaging; THz astronomical spectroscopy; Universe; technological developments; Abstracts;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Burlingame, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0731-5
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358574