THz Applications for Outer and Inner Space
- Creators
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Siegel, Peter H.
Abstract
Interest in Terahertz science has expanded rapidly in recent years due largely to the advent of fastpulse laser time domain spectrometers (TDS), which have allowed researchers in a wide variety of fields to explore imaging and spectroscopy applications in this rather unique wavelength regime. However terahertz spectroscopy dates back to at least the mid 1970's, and for many years was the purview only of radio astronomers, quantum chemists, and a few plasma physicists, who used traditional RF and spatial Fourier Transform techniques to explore this frequency range. This short conference talk will review both the traditional applications for terahertz instruments in astronomy and space science as well as a variety of new applications from biology and medicine to ultrafast physics and chemistry. Emphasis is placed on imaging, since this forms the core of many of the activities that are drawing attention to this evolving field.
Additional Information
© 2006 IEEE. Issue Date: Feb. 27 2006-March 3 2006; Date of Current Version: 15 May 2006. The author would like to thank the members of the JPL Submillimeter Wave Advanced Technology team for there many contributions to this field and especially Robert J. Dengler for his work on the JPL THz imaging systems highlighted in the figures. This work was carried out at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and California Institute of Technology under grants from the National Institute of Health and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.Additional details
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- 24687
- DOI
- 10.1109/EMCZUR.2006.214854
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- CaltechAUTHORS:20110804-120854376
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2011-08-04Created from EPrint's datestamp field
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2021-11-09Created from EPrint's last_modified field
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- Other Numbering System Identifier
- 9095103