Mid infrared digital holography and terahertz imaging

• Main Author: Locatelli, Massimiliano (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Florence Firenze University Press 2014
• Series: Premio Tesi di Dottorato
• Subjects: Scientific equipment, experiments & techniques; Physics; Physical chemistry; Industrial chemistry
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Mid IR and Far IR (THz) regions have been attracting a continuously growing interest, especially for imaging applications. Mid IR imaging systems are widespread in the military, security and medical fields and are, consequently, in continuous development. Even greater expectation is placed on THz imaging techniques, because of the well-known capacity of THz radiation to penetrate many common materials and to provide important spectroscopic information about various strategic stuffs. In this scenario Digital Holography, a quite recent interferometric imaging technique, is proving to be mature enough to play a key role among the other imaging techniques, both in the Mid IR and in the Far IR.