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Compressed streak imaging (CSI) is a computational imaging strategy that can acquire video at over 150 trillion frames per second. Despite this achievement, CSI faces challenges in detecting subtle intensity fluctuations in slow-moving,…

We propose using THz frequency selective surfaces interrogated with THz subwavelength optical fibers as sensors for monitoring of the optical properties of thick films that are brought in contact with such surfaces. Changes in the test film…

Optics · Physics 2013-11-26 Martin Girard , Maksim Skorobogatiy

Diffraction tomography is a noninvasive technique that estimates the refractive indices of unknown objects and involves an inverse-scattering problem governed by the wave equation. Recent works have shown the benefit of nonlinear models of…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-07-09 Tao Hong , Thanh-an Pham , Eran Treister , Michael Unser

Unlocking the potential of terahertz (THz) and millimetre (mm) waves for next generation communications and imaging applications requires reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) with programmable elements that can manipulate the waves in…

Inspired by the extensive application of terahertz imaging technologies in the field of aerospace, we exploit a terahertz frequency modulated continuous wave imaging method with continuous wavelet transform algorithm to detect a multilayer…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-05-30 Yu Zhou

Light scattering by tissue severely limits how deep beneath the surface one can image, and the spatial resolution one can obtain from these images. Diffuse optical tomography (DOT) is one of the most powerful techniques for imaging deep…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-05-31 Yongyi Zhao , Ankit Raghuram , Hyun K. Kim , Andreas H. Hielscher , Jacob T. Robinson , Ashok Veeraraghavan

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…

Fourier imaging is an indirect imaging method which records the diffraction pattern of the object scene coherently in the focal plane of the imaging system and reconstructs the image using computational resources. The spatial resolution,…

Optics · Physics 2023-06-05 Hui Yuan , Alvydas Lisauskas , Mark D. Thomson , Hartmut G. Roskos

We present a metamaterial-based terahertz (THz) sensor for thickness measurements of subwavelength-thin materials and refractometry of liquids and liquid mixtures. The sensor operates in reflection geometry and exploits the frequency shift…

Total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy and its variants are key technologies for visualizing the dynamics of single molecules or organelles in live cells. Yet, truely quantitative TIRF remains problematic. One unknown…

Biological Physics · Physics 2017-06-07 Maia Brunstein , Lopamudra Roy , Martin Oheim

Optical diffraction tomography (ODT) is an interferometric microscopy technique capable of measuring 3-D refractive index (RI) distribution of transparent samples. Multiple 2-D holograms of a sample illuminated with various angles are…

We present an experimental instrument that performs laboratory-based gas-phase Terahertz Desorption Emission Spectroscopy (THz-DES) experiments in support of astrochemistry. The measurement system combines a terahertz heterodyne radiometer…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-03 O. Auriacombe , S. Rea , S. Ioppolo , M. Oldfield , S. Parkes , B. Ellison , H. Fraser

Terahertz (THz) radiation provides a non-ionizing, highly sensitive probe of the dielectric properties of biological tissues. In this study, we present a comprehensive experimental characterization of dielectric properties using pork skin…

The design is suggested, and possible operation parameters are discussed, of an instrument to inspect a skin cancer tumour in the terahertz (THz) range, transferring the image into the infrared (IR) and making it visible with the help of…

Medical Physics · Physics 2022-04-13 A. V. Postnikov , K. A. Moldosanov , N. J. Kairyev , V. M. Lelevkin

Non-contact measurement of the refractive index and thickness of multilayer biological tissues is of great significance for biomedical applications and can greatly improve medical diagnosis and treatment. In this work, we introduce a…

Optics · Physics 2024-04-19 Yu-Lin Ku , Yao-Gen Shu

Single-shot terahertz (THz) spectroscopy probes sub-picosecond, non-repetitive events by combining the advantages of laser absorption techniques with the phase-sensitive detection of interferometric methods. However, its usage as a…

Optics · Physics 2025-01-07 Charan R. Nallapareddy , Thomas C. Underwood

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

Terahertz (THz) technology shows great potential in 6G communications and imaging, but faces challenges related to detector sensitivity, noise, and cryogenic operation. Here, we integrate interferometric enhancement of absorption (IEA) from…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-12-30 Runli Li , Shaojing Liu , Ximiao Wang , Hongjia Zhu , Yongsheng Zhu , Shangdong Li , Huanjun Chen

Knowledge of optical properties, such as the refractive index (RI), of biological tissues is important in optical imaging, as they influence the distribution and propagation of light in tissue. To accurately study the response of cancerous…

Biological Physics · Physics 2019-04-10 Neelam Hari , Priyanka Patel , Jacqueline Ross , Kevin Hicks , Frédérique Vanholsbeeck

We demonstrate the reliability and applicability of THz imaging for destructive and non-destructive water status monitoring of winter wheat leaves. Based on the measured THz transmission amplitude, we find that the water loss in the distal…

Biological Physics · Physics 2020-08-28 Bin Li , Rong Wang , Jianjun Ma