Free-Space Electro-Optic Sampling and 2D THZ Imaging

Abstract

Ultrafast electrooptic sampling technique, which is primarily used for local electric field characterization in integrated circuits, has been applied to free space applications. Electrooptic sampling for characterizing freely propagating terahertz beams has been demonstrated with femtosecond temporal resolution and sub-micro V sensitivity. We also achieved real time 2D THz imaging with parallel optical reconstruction with a CCD camera We also developed an electrooptic THz streak camera.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 31, 1999
Accession Number
ADA369995

Entities

People

  • X.-C. Zhang

Organizations

  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cameras
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Electric Fields
  • Electromagnetic Pulses
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Femtosecond Time
  • Frequency
  • Information Operations
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Modulation
  • Optics
  • Photonics
  • Physics
  • Sampling
  • Streak Cameras

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects