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Practical terahertz electronics. devices and applications / Volume 2, Optical devices and applications :
This research and reference text provides a comprehensive and authoritative survey of the state-of-the-art in terahertz electronics research Covering the fundamentals, operational principles, and theoretical aspects of the field, the book equips the reader to take the practical steps involved in the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) :
IOP Publishing,
[2021]
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| Colección: | IOP (Series). Release 21.
IOP ebooks. 2021 collection. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- part I. Photothermal and optoelectronic devices. 1. Bolometers, Golay cells and pyroelectric detectors
- 1.1. Bolometers
- 1.2. Uncooled bolometers
- 1.3. Cooled superconducting bolometers
- 1.4. Golay cell
- 1.5. Pyroelectric detector
- 1.6. Discussion and conclusions
- 2. Optical rectification and electrooptic effect-based components
- 2.1. Non-linear optics
- 2.2. Linear versus non-linear optics
- 2.3. Electromagnetic wave propagation in linear optical media
- 2.4. Electromagnetic wave propagation in non-linear optical media
- 2.5. Second-order response of a non-linear medium to single-electromagnetic wave input
- 2.6. Visualization and observation of optical rectification
- 2.7. Second-order response of a non-linear medium to two-electromagnetic wave input
- 2.8. Second-order response of a non-linear medium to an ultrashort pulse of single-electromagnetic wave input
- 2.9. Detection of terahertz wave pulses
- 2.10. Discussion and conclusions
- 3. Photoconductive antennas and photomixers
- 3.1. Photoconductive antenna
- 3.2. PCA time-domain spectroscopy system
- 3.3. Photomixer
- 3.4. Salient features of the PCA mixer
- 3.5. Antenna-less large-area emitter approach of terahertz generation
- 3.6. Photomixer using UTC-PD
- 3.7. Discussion and conclusions
- 4. Quantum cascade and optically-pumped gas lasers
- 4.1. Features of semiconductor diode lasers and their failure to produce terahertz waves
- 4.2. Quantum cascade laser
- 4.3. Optically-pumped methanol gas laser
- 4.4. Discussion and conclusions
- part II. Applications. 5. Communication
- 5.1. Recapitulation of common communication terms and laws
- 5.2. Effects of frequency of electromagnetic waves on their propagation characteristics, antenna dimensions and information-carrying capacity
- 5.3. Atmospheric attenuation of space waves beyond 30 GHz microwaves towards terahertz waves
- 5.4. Free space path loss
- 5.5. Link budget analysis
- 5.6. Opportunities offered by terahertz waves for communications
- 5.7. Biosafety and human health concerns on electromagnetic radiation exposure
- 5.8. Salient features of terahertz communication
- 5.9. Challenges posed/implementational difficulties of terahertz communication, and possible solutions
- 5.10. Optically- and electrically-driven terahertz wave modulators
- 5.11. Optically-pumped spatial modulator
- 5.12. Electrically-driven modulator using two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG)
- 5.13. Electrically-driven metamaterial-based modulator
- 5.14. Graphene modulators
- 5.15. Discussion and conclusions
- 6. Spectroscopy
- 6.1. Spectra and spectroscopies
- 6.2. Scheme of terahertz TDS
- 6.3. Rotational and vibrational aspects of terahertz spectroscopy
- 6.4. Comparison of THz time-domain with far infrared Fourier transform spectroscopic techniques
- 6.5. Discussion and conclusions
- 7. Imaging
- 7.1. Types of imaging
- 7.2. Close-range imaging techniques
- 7.3. Stand-off imaging techniques
- 7.4. Security surveillance
- 7.5. Pharmaceutical products characterization
- 7.6. Clinical diagnosis
- 7.7. Food and agricultural products inspection
- 7.8. Non-destructive testing (NDT)
- 7.9. Discussion and conclusions.