Monday, November 4, 2013

Introducing a 384x288 pixel terahertz camera core

 



 

C. Chevalier, L, Mercier, F. Duchesne, L. Gagnon, B. Tremblay, M. Terroux, F. Généreux, J.-E. Paultre, F. Provençal, Y. Desroches, L. Marchese, H. Jerominek, C. Alain, A. Bergeron
INO (Canada)
Proc. SPIE 8624, Terahertz, RF, Millimeter, and Submillimeter-Wave Technology and Applications VI, 86240F (March 27, 2013); doi:10.1117/12.2002699

Terahertz is a field in expansion with the emergence of various security needs such as parcel inspection and through-camouflage vision. Terahertz wavebands are characterized by long wavelengths compared to the traditional infrared and visible spectra. However, it has recently been demonstrated that a 52 μm pixel pitch microscanned down to an efficient sampling pitch of 26 μm could provide useful information even using a 118.83 μm wavelength. With this in mind, INO has developed a terahertz camera core based on a 384x288 pixel 35 μm pixel pitch uncooled bolometric terahertz detector. The camera core provides full 16-bit output video rate.© (2013) COPYRIGHT Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.

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