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TERAHERTZ QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS AND REAL-TIME T-RAYS IMAGING AT VIDEO RATE

Q. HU

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, U.S.A.

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Abstract

We report our development of terahertz (THz) quantum-cascade lasers with record performance. Using those high-power lasers as the illumination sources and a focal-plane array camera, we are able to perform real-time THz imaging at video rate.

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