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We demonstrate Fourier single-pixel imaging in the terahertz regime. The experimental system is implemented with a photo-induced coded aperture setup, where a monolayer graphene on a high-resistance silicon substrate illuminated by a coded…

Applied Physics · Physics 2019-07-24 Rongbin She , Wenquan Liu , Yuanfu Lu , Zhisheng Zhou , Guangyuan Li

In the medical fields, ultrasound detection is often performed with piezoelectric arrays that enable one to simultaneously map the acoustic fields at several positions. In this work, we develop a novel method for transforming a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-26 Evgeny Hahamovich , Amir Rosenthal

Phased arrays are crucial in various technologies, such as radar and wireless communications, due to their ability to precisely control and steer electromagnetic waves. This precise control improves signal processing and enhances imaging…

Hadamard matrix-based aperture encoding is a method for producing synthetic aperture datasets with high Signal-to-Noise Ratios. Recently, the pulse inversion capabilities of bias-sensitive Top-Orthogonal to Bottom Electrode (TOBE) arrays…

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We study terahertz transmission through nano-patterned vanadium dioxide thin film. It is found that the patterning allows the lowering of the apparent transition temperature. For the case of the smallest width nano antennas, the transition…

Terahertz (THz) wireless communication is envisioned as a promising technology, which is capable of providing ultra-high-rate transmission up to Terabit per second. However, some hardware imperfections, which are generally neglected in the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-06-24 Tianqi Mao , Zhaocheng Wang

Terahertz bands enable ultra-broadband wireless communications but require compact, low-cost, and efficient transceiver modules. Conventional implementations based on metallic waveguides or silicon lenses suffer from high loss, bulkiness,…

In this contribution, we explore the imaging limits of terahertz single-pixel cameras and present a way to improve the achievable signal-to-noise ratio and spatial resolution using a technique called dithering masks. The proposed procedure…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-11-10 Sven Augustin , Tom Szollmann , Peter Jung , Heinz-Wilhelm Huebers

The invisibility cloak has been a long-standing dream for many researchers over the decades. By transforming space and light propagation, a three-dimensional (3D) object can be perceived as having reduced number of dimensions, in the form…

Optics · Physics 2010-03-18 Fan Zhou , Yongjun Bao , Wei Cao , Jianqiang Gu , Weili Zhang , Cheng Sun

Divergent wave imaging with coherent compounding allows obtaining broad field of view and higher frame rate with respect to line by line insonification. However, the spatial and contrast resolution crucially depends on the weights applied…

Medical Physics · Physics 2025-10-21 Zahraa Alzein , Marco Crocco , Daniele D. Caviglia

The invisibility cloak has been a long-standing dream for many researchers over the decades. The introduction of transformational optics has revitalized this field by providing a general method to design material distributions to hide the…

Optics · Physics 2011-05-03 Fan Zhou , Yongjun Bao , Wei Cao , Colin T. Stuart , Jianqiang Gu , Weili Zhang , Cheng Sun

We designed a cut-wire-pair metasurface that works as a transparent terahertz half-wave plate, by matching the electric and magnetic resonances of the structure. Due to the impedance matching nature of the resonances, a large transmission…

Optics · Physics 2017-01-31 Yosuke Nakata , Yudai Taira , Toshihiro Nakanishi , Fumiaki Miyamaru

Developing reconfigurable millimeter-wave (mmWave) antennas and devices is an outstanding challenge, with switch technologies being a primary impediment. Recently, it has been shown that vanadium dioxide (VO2), a thermochromic material…

Applied Physics · Physics 2019-06-10 Kenneth W. Allen , Joshua M. Kovitz

Analog beamforming holds great potential for future terahertz (THz) communications due to its ability to generate high-gain directional beams with low-cost phase shifters. However, conventional analog beamforming may suffer substantial…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-26 Yike Xie , Weidong Mei , Dong Wang , Yingqi Wen , Zhi Chen , Jun Fang , Wei Guo , Boyu Ning

Imaging at hard X-ray energies (~10-600 keV) over very large fields of view (~60 deg per telescope) is required to conduct a high sensitivity all-sky and all-time survey for black holes. The proposed Energetic X-ray Imaging Survey Telescope…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. Grindlay , J. Hong

The conventional lens's tunability drawback always restricts their application compared to the metasurface lens (metalens). On the other side, reconfigurable metalenses offer the benefits of ultrathin thickness and capable of tunability.…

Optics · Physics 2020-11-11 Ali Abdolali , Roya Kargar , Kasra Rouhi

Tunable bandpass terahertz filters are demanded in various key applications such as hyperspectral imagers, miniaturized spectrometers, and high-speed wireless communication systems. Here, a mechanically reconfigurable double-layered…

Optics · Physics 2026-04-20 Sanaz Zarei

Vanadium dioxide ($VO_{2}$) exhibits strong infrared optical switching due to its insulator-metal phase-transition property. However, in the visible wavelengths, it's intrinsic optical switching is quite low. Current research explores…

Applied Physics · Physics 2024-01-09 Shubhangi Saini , Ashok P , Amit Verma

Invisibility cloaking not only catches the human imagination, but also promises fascinating applications in optics and photonics. By manipulating electromagnetic waves with metamaterials, researchers have been able to realize…

A thermally tunable extraordinary terahertz transmission in a hybrid metal-vanadium dioxide (VO2) metasurface is numerically demonstrated. The metasurface consists of a metal sheet perforated by square loops while the loops are connected…

Optics · Physics 2026-05-12 S. Hadi Badri , Sanam Saeidnahaei , Jong Su Kim