Stand-off passive THz imaging at 8-meter stand-off distance: Results from a 64-channel real-time imager

Arttu Luukanen; Panu Helistö; P. Lappalainen; Mikko Leivo; Anssi Rautiainen; Hans Toivanen; Heikki Seppä; Z. Taylor; C.R. Dietlein; E.N. Grossman

doi:10.1117/12.821996

Stand-off passive THz imaging at 8-meter stand-off distance: Results from a 64-channel real-time imager

Arttu Luukanen, Panu Helistö, P. Lappalainen, Mikko Leivo, Anssi Rautiainen, Hans Toivanen, Heikki Seppä, Z. Taylor, C.R. Dietlein, E.N. Grossman

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

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Abstract

At present, the imaging of concealed weapons and contraband is primarily carried out at a relatively short stand-off range of a few meters mainly because of spatial resolution considerations.
In order to maintain a reasonable aperture size, there is a desire to extend the operating frequency towards 1 THz. In this paper we report the progress on a video-rate THz camera demonstrator which utilizes broadband antenna-coupled microbolometers as detectors, operated within a turnkey commercial closed-cycle cryocooler.
A full system has been integrated consisting of 64 parallel sensors and readout electronics, and reflective Schmidt camera optics incorporating a conical scanner for real time imaging.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of SPIE
Subtitle of host publication	Passive Millimeter-Wave Imaging Technology XII
Editors	Roger Appleby
Publisher	International Society for Optics and Photonics SPIE
ISBN (Print)	978-0-8194-7575-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.821996
Publication status	Published - 2009
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing. Passive Millimeter-Wave Imaging Technology XII - Orlando, FL, United States Duration: 16 Apr 2009 → …

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Conference	SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing. Passive Millimeter-Wave Imaging Technology XII
Country/Territory	United States
City	Orlando, FL
Period	16/04/09 → …

Keywords

imaging
imaging detector
THz imaging
Terahertz
concealed weapons
concealed weapons detection

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Luukanen, A., Helistö, P., Lappalainen, P., Leivo, M., Rautiainen, A., Toivanen, H., Seppä, H., Taylor, Z., Dietlein, C. R., & Grossman, E. N. (2009). Stand-off passive THz imaging at 8-meter stand-off distance: Results from a 64-channel real-time imager. In R. Appleby (Ed.), Proceedings of SPIE : Passive Millimeter-Wave Imaging Technology XII [73090F] International Society for Optics and Photonics SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.821996

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Stand-off passive THz imaging at 8-meter stand-off distance : Results from a 64-channel real-time imager. / Luukanen, Arttu; Helistö, Panu; Lappalainen, P. et al.

Proceedings of SPIE : Passive Millimeter-Wave Imaging Technology XII. ed. / Roger Appleby. International Society for Optics and Photonics SPIE, 2009. 73090F.

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