Noncontact detection of the location of buried conductive grids with pulsed THz wave
| Autor: | Chao Wang, Yun Ching Chang, Christina Brantley, Jimmy Yao, Paul B. Ruffin, Jiping Cheng, Stuart Yin, Eugene Edwards, Yaohui Gao, Claire Luo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Materials science
Explosive material business.industry Terahertz radiation Surface finish Condensed Matter Physics Grid Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics Electronic Optical and Magnetic Materials Wavelength Optics Optoelectronics Electrical and Electronic Engineering business Reflectometry Electrical conductor Microwave |
| Zdroj: | Microwave and Optical Technology Letters. 54:1135-1138 |
| ISSN: | 0895-2477 |
| Popis: | In this article, a new method for precisely measuring the location of buried conductive grid based on time-domain pulsed terahertz (THz) reflectometry is presented. The location of the buried conductive grid is determined by the time difference of reflected THz pulses between the front surface and the buried conductive grid. Since the wavelength of THz wave is usually larger than the roughness of unpolished optical surface and the period of conductive grid, the proposed method is insensitive to the surface condition. Furthermore, this is a non-contact and real-time measurement technique. The experimental result indicates that the accuracy of the measurement is at least on the order of 10 μm. Such kind of technique will be very helpful for enhancing the quality and reduce the cost of fabricating electro-optic windows with embedded conductive grids and/or wires. It can also be beneficial for some other applications. For example, since there are often embedded conductive wires in explosive devices, it can be used to detect the explosive devices because the proposed method can remotely determine the dimensions and locations of conductive wires embedded in dielectric enclosures. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 54:1135–1138, 2012 |
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