Handbook of terahertz technology for imaging, sensing and communications
The recent development of easy-to-use sources and detectors of terahertz radiation has enabled growth in applications of terahertz (Thz) imaging and sensing. This vastly adaptable technology offers great potential across a wide range of areas, and the Handbook of terahertz technology for imaging, se...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK :
Woodhead Publishing
2013.
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| Edition: | 1st edition |
| Series: | Woodhead Publishing series in electronic and optical materials ;
no. 34. |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009628476706719 |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Handbook of terahertz technology for imaging, sensing and communications; Copyright; Contents; Contributor contact details; Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials; Preface; Part I Fundamentals of terahertz technology for imaging, sensing and communications; 1Optoelectronic techniques for the generation and detection of terahertz waves; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Terahertz detector technologies; 1.3 Terahertz signal generation in terahertz photoconductive antennas (THz-PCAs); 1.4 Terahertz signal detection with terahertz photoconductive antennas (THz-PCAs)
- 1.5 Parametric interaction in nonlinear crystals1.6 Difference frequency mixing in nonlinear crystals; 1.7 Conclusion; 1.8 References; 2Transmission and propagation of terahertz waves in plastic waveguides; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Main challenges of the plastic-based terahertz fiber optics; 2.3 Devices based on subwavelength fibers; 2.4 Hollow-core fibers; 2.5 Composite terahertz materials; 2.6 Experimental characterization of terahertz waveguides; 2.7 Conclusions; 2.8 Acknowledgments; 2.9 References; 3Fundamental aspects of surface plasmon polaritons at terahertz frequencies; 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 The Drude model3.3 Surface plasmon polaritons on planar surfaces; 3.4 Multilayered structures; 3.5 New trends in terahertz plasmonics; 3.6 Acknowledgments; 3.7 References; 4Fundamental aspects of terahertz near-field imaging and sensing; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Terahertz near-field measurements; 4.3 Near-fields of various subwavelength holes; 4.4 Kirchhoff formalism for near-field estimate; 4.5 Conclusions; 4.6 References; 5Field effect transistors for terahertz applications; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Plasma waves in low-dimensional structures
- 5.3 Instability of the steady state with a dc current in field effect transistors (FETs)5.4 Detection of terahertz radiation by an FET; 5.5 Studies of terahertz emission from FETs; 5.6 Experimental studies of terahertz detection by FETs; 5.7 Conclusions; 5.8 Acknowledgements; 5.9 References; 6Terahertz wireless communications; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Motivation for terahertz wireless communications; 6.3 Atmospheric propagation for communications; 6.4 Modeling of terahertz communication channels; 6.5 Hardware for terahertz communications: sources and detectors; 6.6 Modulators for terahertz waves
- 6.7 Modulation formats for terahertz signals6.8 Examples of terahertz communication systems; 6.9 Experimental characterization of rain, fog and scintillations on terahertz communication links; 6.10 Future trends; 6.11 Sources of further information; 6.12 Acknowledgments; 6.13 References; Part II Recent progress and novel techniques in terahertz technology; 7Terahertz bio-sensing techniques; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Sensing of water dynamics by terahertz waves; 7.3 Sensing of proteins; 7.4 Binding-state dependent sensing; 7.5 Characteristic resonances of biomolecules in the terahertz range
- 7.6 Water-mediated terahertz molecular imaging
