Simulation for embedded-defects foam terahertz images of active bifocal terahertz imaging system at 0.22 THz based on geometric optics

Hui Wang; Deliang Zhou; Yan Wang; Runfeng Su; Shaohe Li; Xuecou Tu; Xiaoqing Jia; Lin Kang; Biaobing Jin; Huabing Wang; Jian Chen; Peiheng Wu

doi:10.3788/COL202321.061102

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 21, Issue 6, 061102(2023)

Simulation for embedded-defects foam terahertz images of active bifocal terahertz imaging system at 0.22 THz based on geometric optics

Hui Wang¹, Deliang Zhou², Yan Wang¹, Runfeng Su¹, Shaohe Li¹, Xuecou Tu^1,3, Xiaoqing Jia^1,3, Lin Kang^1,3, Biaobing Jin^1,3, Huabing Wang^1,3, Jian Chen^1,3、*, and Peiheng Wu^1,3

Author Affiliations

¹Research Institute of Superconductor Electronics (RISE), School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China

²Jiangsu Hengtong Terahertz Technology Inc., Shanghai 200120, China

³Purple Mountain Laboratories, Nanjing 211111, China

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Hui Wang, Deliang Zhou, Yan Wang, Runfeng Su, Shaohe Li, Xuecou Tu, Xiaoqing Jia, Lin Kang, Biaobing Jin, Huabing Wang, Jian Chen, Peiheng Wu, "Simulation for embedded-defects foam terahertz images of active bifocal terahertz imaging system at 0.22 THz based on geometric optics," Chin. Opt. Lett. 21, 061102 (2023)

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Paper Information

Category: Imaging Systems and Image Processing

Received: Jan. 5, 2023

Accepted: Apr. 4, 2023

Published Online: May. 29, 2023

The Author Email: Jian Chen (chenj63@nju.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202321.061102

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