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Non-destructive testing is an important technique for detecting defects in multi-layer materials, enabling the evaluation of structural integrity without causing damage on test materials. Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) offers…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-10 Dogus Can Sevdiren , Furkan H. Ilgac , Aydin Sezgin

The implementation of terahertz (THz) wafer-level metadevices is critical to advance the science for applications including (I) integrated focal plane array which can image for biology and (II) integrated narrowband absorbers for high…

Optics · Physics 2022-10-19 Zhigang Li , Jiarui Jia , Wenjing Jiang , Wen Ou , Bo Wang , Xubiao Peng , Qing Zhao

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 spectrometers with a wide instantaneous frequency coverage for passive remote sensing are enormously attractive for many terahertz applications, such as astronomy, atmospheric science and security. Here we demonstrate a wide-band…

Terahertz (THz) technology is promising in several applications such as imaging, spectroscopy and communications. Among several methods in the generation and detection of THz waves, a THz time domain system (TDS) that is developed using…

In this paper, a novel method to enhance Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) THz imaging resolution beyond its diffraction limit is proposed. Our method comprises two stages. Firstly, we reconstruct the signal in depth-direction…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-07-03 Tak Ming Wong , Matthias Kahl , Peter Haring Bolívar , Andreas Kolb

Continuous Wave (CW) Terahertz spectroscopy enabled by photomixing is a promising high precision spectroscopic tool for the examination of a wide variety of samples including biological, chemical, and solid state. However, often it would be…

Optics · Physics 2022-12-06 James Seddon , Chris Graham , Marie Georgiades , Cyril Renaud , Alwyn Seeds

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

Compressed Sensing based Terahertz imaging (CS-THz) is a computational imaging technique. It uses only one THz receiver to accumulate the random modulated image measurements where the original THz image is reconstruct from these…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2013-09-25 Benyuan Liu , Hongqi Fan , Zaiqi Lu , Qiang Fu

Microelectromechanical system (MEMS) focal plane array (FPA) with optical readout offers exciting opportunities for real-time terahertz (THz) imaging. However, conventional FPA suffers from a low THz absorption ratio, which further…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-12-08 Zhigang Li , Yi Ou , Xubiao Peng , Jianyu Fu , Wen Ou , Wenjing Jiang , Qing Zhao

We achieve high detectivity terahertz sensing using a silicon nitride nanomechanical resonator functionalized with a metasurface absorber. High performances are achieved by striking a fine balance between the frequency stability of the…

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

Sub-terahertz (Sub-THz) waves possess exceptional attributes, capable of penetrating non-metallic and non-polarized materials while ensuring bio-safety. However, their practicality in imaging is marred by the emergence of troublesome…

Optics · Physics 2024-03-07 Shao-Hsuan Wu , Yiyao Zhang , Ke Chen , Shang Hua Yang

Terahertz (THz) radiation is a powerful tool with widespread applications ranging from imaging, sensing, and broadband communications to spectroscopy and nonlinear control of materials. Future progress in THz technology depends on the…

Nonlinear terahertz (THz) spectroscopy relies on the interaction of matter with few-cycle THz pulses of electric field amplitudes up to megavolts/centimeter (MV/cm). In condensed-phase molecular systems, both resonant interactions with…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2021-12-08 Klaus Reimann , Michael Woerner , Thomas Elsaesser

Terahertz (THz) technology is rapidly evolving, and the advancement of data and information processing devices is essential. Silicon THz microresonators provide perfect platforms to develop compact and integrated devices that could…

Optics · Physics 2022-07-29 Dominik Walter Vogt

Coating thickness measurement and inspection of defects beneath optically opaque surfaces are among the most promising commercial applications of the terahertz (THz) imaging technology. However, there are two main sources of complexity in…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-05-14 Arash Karimi , Zachery B. Harris , Erica Heller , Paul Vahey , M. Hassan Arbab

We demonstrate structured illumination super-resolution imaging in the Terahertz (THz) frequency band using the Virtually Structured Detection (VSD) method. Leveraging our previously reported high-speed, high-sensitivity atomic-based THz…

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

We demonstrate a silicon-based, single-layer anti-reflection coating that suppresses the reflectivity of metals at near-infrared frequencies, enabling optical probing of nano-scale structures embedded in highly reflective surroundings. Our…

Applied Physics · Physics 2024-04-11 M. Pancaldi , R. Freeman , M. Hudl , M. C. Hoffmann , S. Urazhdin , P. Vavassori , S. Bonetti