Abstract-Enhancement of terahertz reflection tomographic imaging by interference cancellation between layers

Hochong Park, Joo-Hiuk Son, and Chang-Beom Ahn
https://www.osapublishing.org/oe/abstract.cfm?uri=oe-24-7-7028

This paper proposes a method to enhance terahertz reflection tomographic imaging by interference cancellation between layers. When the gap between layers is small, the signal reflected on the upper layer interferes with that on the lower layer, which degrades the quality of the reconstructed tomographic image in the lower layer. The proposed method estimates the upper-layer reflection signal by system modeling, which is then eliminated from the acquired signal. In this way, it can provide the correct lower-layer reflection signal, thereby improving the quality of the lower-layer tomographic image. The performance of the proposed method was confirmed using computer simulation data and real terahertz reflection data.

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