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Hyperspectral imaging is a technique that allows for the creation of multi-color images. At terahertz wavelengths, it has emerged as a prominent tool for a number of applications, ranging from non-ionizing cancer diagnosis and…

Terahertz Time Domain Spectroscopy (THz-TDS) systems have emerged as mature technologies with significant potential across various research fields and industries. However, the lack of standardized methods for signal and noise estimation and…

Imaging of scenes using light or other wave phenomena is subject to the diffraction limit. The spatial profile of a wave propagating between a scene and the imaging system is distorted by diffraction resulting in a loss of resolution that…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-07-20 Ji Hyun Nam , Andreas Velten

Imaging applications in the terahertz (THz) frequency range are severely restricted by diffraction. Near-field scanning probe microscopy is commonly employed to enable mapping of the THz electromagnetic fields with sub-wavelength spatial…

For several centuries, far-field optical microscopy has remained a key instrument in many scientific disciplines including physical, chemical and biomedical research. Nonetheless, far-field imaging has many limitations: the spatial…

Optics · Physics 2020-01-27 Lyubov V. Amitonova , Johannes F. de Boer

Terahertz (THz) tomography is a rather novel technique for nondestructive testing that is particularly suited for the testing of plastics and ceramics. Previous publications showed a large variety of conventional algorithms adapted from…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-01-19 Jens Tepe , Thomas Schuster , Benjamin Littau

This review explores non-invasive imaging (NII) methods covering the mid- and far-infrared to the terahertz spectral regions (up to approximately 1000 um) for the detection and analysis of cultural heritage artifacts. In the thermal…

Optics · Physics 2025-10-14 Pengfei Zhu , Hai Zhang , Stefano Sfarra , Dazhi Yang , Xavier Maldague

We introduce a systematic approach that enables two robust methods for performing terahertz time-domain spectroscopy in reflection geometry. Using the Kramers-Kronig relations in connection to accurate experimental measurements of the…

Recently single image super resolution is very important research area to generate high resolution image from given low resolution image. Algorithms of single image resolution are mainly based on wavelet domain and spatial domain. Filters…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2013-09-10 Sapan Naik , Nikunj Patel

A time-resolved spectroscopic protocol exploiting terahertz-assisted photoionization is proposed to reconstruct transient density matrix. Population and coherence elements are effectively mapped onto spectrally separated peaks in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-09-13 Yizhu Zhang , Tian-Min Yan , Y. H. Jiang

A novel approach to improving the performances of confocal scanning imaging is proposed. We experimentally demonstrate its feasibility using acoustic waves. It relies on a new way to encode spatial information using the temporal dimension.…

From investigating molecular vibrations to observing galaxies, terahertz technology has found extensive applications in research and development over the past three decades. Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy and imaging have experienced…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2023-09-12 Jongmin Lee , Chi Ki Leung , Mingrui Ma , Jasper Ward-Berry , Supawan Santitewagun , J. Axel Zeitler

Terahertz spectroscopy allows for identifying different isomers of materials, for drug discrimination as well as for detecting hazardous substances. As many dielectric materials used for packaging are transparent in the terahertz spectral…

Optics · Physics 2020-11-06 Mirco Kutas , Björn Haase , Jens Klier , Daniel Molter , Georg von Freymann

THz-spectroscopy is an attractive imaging tool for scientific research, especially in life science, offering non-destructive interaction with matter due to its low photon energies. However, wavelengths above $100{\mu}m$ principally limit…

The resolution of optical imaging devices is ultimately limited by the diffraction of light. To circumvent this limit, modern super-resolution microscopy techniques employ active interaction with the object by exploiting its optical…

Optics · Physics 2022-01-05 A. A. Pushkina , G. Maltese , J. I. Costa-Filho , P. Patel , A. I. Lvovsky

The far-field resolution of optical imaging systems is restricted by the Abbe diffraction limit, a direct result of the wave nature of light. One successful technological approach to circumventing this limit is to reduce the effective size…

Far-field super-resolution fluorescence microscopy has been rapidly developed for applications ranging from cell biology to nanomaterials. However, it remains a significant challenge to achieve super-resolution imaging at depth in opaque…

Optics · Physics 2024-05-01 Tengfei Wu , YoonSeok Baek , Fei Xia , Sylvain Gigan , Hilton B. de Aguiar

Frequency domain spectroscopy allows an experimenter to establish optical properties of solids in a wide frequency band including the technically challenging 10 THz region, and in other bands enables metrological comparison between…

Optics · Physics 2018-09-21 Steven Chick , Ben Murdin , Guy Matmon , Mira Naftaly

Slow motion movies are not only fascinating to watch, they also allow us to see intricate details of the mechanical dynamics of complex phenomena. If the images in each frame are replaced by terahertz (THz) waves, such movies can monitor…

Optical tomographic reconstruction of a 3D nanoscale specimen is hindered by the axial diffraction limit, which is 2-3 times worse than the focal plane resolution. We propose and experimentally demonstrate an axial super-resolution…