Terahertz Fiber Laser for Explosives Detection
Abstract
The C.S. Draper Laboratory, with 30 years of experience in instrument and sensor research and development, and the University of Massachusetts Terahertz Laboratory, with 15 years of research in the development terahertz receivers and focal plane arrays, propose to develop and characterize a fundamentally new method for generating terahertz radiation. Our approach will enable the development of a class of high power (>=100 mW), portable, coherent, terahertz radiation source devices not realizable using either conventional RF approaches such as Schottky Diodes, Transferred Electron Guns, or Resonant Tunneling Diodes or optical transition approaches such as cryogenically cooled Quantum Cascade Lasers. Consequently, our concept for a Terahertz Fiber Laser will enable a US Navy Advanced Explosives Detection system with significantly improved sensitivity, selectivity, and >20m stand-off operating range in a compact (shoebox size), man-portable package.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2007
- Accession Number
- ADA468805
Entities
People
- Antonije Radojevic
Organizations
- Charles Stark Draper Laboratory