Title :
THz air photonics for standoff detection
Author :
Liu, Jingle ; Clough, Benjamin ; Dai, Jianming ; Zhang, X.-C.
Author_Institution :
Center for THz Res., Rensselaer Polytech. Inst., Troy, NY, USA
Abstract :
By “seeing” the fluorescence or “hearing” the sound emitted by plasma, coherent detection of broadband THz waves by laser-induced plasma at standoff distance is feasible. We will report these recent developments in THz wave sensing with air-plasma photonics.
Keywords :
acoustic signal detection; fluorescence; plasma diagnostics; plasma light propagation; terahertz wave detectors; terahertz waves; THz air photonics; air-plasma photonics; broadband THz wave; coherent detection; fluorescence; laser-induced plasma; standoff detection; terahertz air photonics; Acoustics; Broadband communication; Fluorescence; Free electron lasers; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Plasmas;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2010 35th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6655-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICIMW.2010.5612404
