• Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Vol. 60, Issue 18, 1811013 (2023)
Jiaxuan Cai1, Yan Xie2,3,*, Yang Yu2, Yingxin Wang2,3..., Meng Chen3, Ziran Zhao2,3,**, Peng Bai1, Ning Yang1 and Weidong Chu1,***|Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100088, China
  • 2Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • 3National Engineering Research Center of Detection Technology of Dangerous Explosives, Beijing 100084, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/LOP231331 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Jiaxuan Cai, Yan Xie, Yang Yu, Yingxin Wang, Meng Chen, Ziran Zhao, Peng Bai, Ning Yang, Weidong Chu. Depth-of-Field Extension Technology for Terahertz Self-Mixing Interferometric Imaging[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2023, 60(18): 1811013 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Terahertz waves have a wide range of applications in biology and hazardous explosive detection, but they suffer limitations in imaging owing to the sensitivity of the corresponding detectors. Herein, we demonstrate a self-mixing coherent imaging system with a terahertz quantum cascade laser. We achieve imaging with a large depth of field in the terahertz band by combining the holographic imaging technology and self-mixing interferometric measurement. We imaged an area of 2 pair line per millimeter on a resolution board in the off-focus plane in two dimensions using a feature like self-mixing of a transceiver. We obtain the same image contrast as that on the focal plane when the imaging plane is 56 times the wavelength offset.
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    Δg=gc-g0=-ln1+κextcos(2πντext)/L
    Δg=-κextcos(2πντext)/L
    neNΔN=-αc4πνΔg
    V-V0=VSM=Ccosφ
    C=κextg01+1vgS0τngN
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    Jiaxuan Cai, Yan Xie, Yang Yu, Yingxin Wang, Meng Chen, Ziran Zhao, Peng Bai, Ning Yang, Weidong Chu. Depth-of-Field Extension Technology for Terahertz Self-Mixing Interferometric Imaging[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2023, 60(18): 1811013
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