Design considerations and performance metrics of a high-sensitivity multi-band terahertz linear camera

Jeremy J.M. Law; Chris A. Roedig; Don J. Burdette; Kubilay Sertel; Georgios C. Trichopoulos; Yi Xie; Patrick Fay; H. Lee Mosbacker

doi:10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2014.6956033

Design considerations and performance metrics of a high-sensitivity multi-band terahertz linear camera

Jeremy J.M. Law, Chris A. Roedig, Don J. Burdette, Kubilay Sertel, Georgios C. Trichopoulos, Yi Xie, Patrick Fay, H. Lee Mosbacker

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Abstract

This paper reports on the design and performance of a terahertz (THz) linear camera with 50 pW/√Hz noise-equivalent power (NEP). This camera is sensitive to four bands of vertically and horizontally polarized THz radiation (0.22, 0.32, 0.42, and 0.52 THz). The heart of the camera is a diode-based focal plane array (FPA) that has a 10 nV thermal noise level and 1-2 kV/W sensitivity across the four bands. The amplifier chain is capable of amplifying with a gain of up to 20,000, which gives the system the ability to detect signals of approximately 30-50 nV. A 12 bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and real-time digital signal processing provides signal recovery and processing at an application level with fast (20 kHz) frame rates.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2014 39th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz 2014
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
ISBN (Electronic)	9781479938773
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2014.6956033
State	Published - Nov 13 2014
Externally published	Yes
Event	39th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz 2014 - Tucson, United States Duration: Sep 14 2014 → Sep 19 2014

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Name	International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz
ISSN (Print)	2162-2027
ISSN (Electronic)	2162-2035

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Other	39th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz 2014
Country/Territory	United States
City	Tucson
Period	9/14/14 → 9/19/14

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Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Law, J. J. M., Roedig, C. A., Burdette, D. J., Sertel, K., Trichopoulos, G. C., Xie, Y., Fay, P., & Mosbacker, H. L. (2014). Design considerations and performance metrics of a high-sensitivity multi-band terahertz linear camera. In 2014 39th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz 2014 [6956033] (International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2014.6956033

Design considerations and performance metrics of a high-sensitivity multi-band terahertz linear camera. / Law, Jeremy J.M.; Roedig, Chris A.; Burdette, Don J. et al.
2014 39th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz 2014. IEEE Computer Society, 2014. 6956033 (International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Law, JJM, Roedig, CA, Burdette, DJ, Sertel, K, Trichopoulos, GC, Xie, Y, Fay, P & Mosbacker, HL 2014, Design considerations and performance metrics of a high-sensitivity multi-band terahertz linear camera. in 2014 39th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz 2014., 6956033, International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz, IEEE Computer Society, 39th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz 2014, Tucson, United States, 9/14/14. https://doi.org/10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2014.6956033

Law JJM, Roedig CA, Burdette DJ, Sertel K, Trichopoulos GC, Xie Y et al. Design considerations and performance metrics of a high-sensitivity multi-band terahertz linear camera. In 2014 39th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz 2014. IEEE Computer Society. 2014. 6956033. (International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz). doi: 10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2014.6956033

Law, Jeremy J.M. ; Roedig, Chris A. ; Burdette, Don J. et al. / Design considerations and performance metrics of a high-sensitivity multi-band terahertz linear camera. 2014 39th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz 2014. IEEE Computer Society, 2014. (International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz).

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