A passive terahertz video camera based on lumped element kinetic inductance detectors
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A passive terahertz video camera based on lumped element kinetic inductance detectors.
We have developed a passive 350 GHz (850 μm) video-camera to demonstrate lumped element kinetic inductance detectors (LEKIDs)--designed originally for far-infrared astronomy--as an option for general purpose terrestrial terahertz imaging applications. The camera currently operates at a quasi-video frame rate of 2 Hz with a noise equivalent temperature difference per frame of ∼0.1 K, which is cl...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Review of Scientific Instruments
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0034-6748,1089-7623
DOI: 10.1063/1.4941661