Ghost spintronic THz-emitter-array microscope

Terahertz (THz) wave shows great potential in non-destructive testing, bio detection and cancer imaging. Recent progresses on THz wave near-field probes/apertures enable mechanically raster scanning of an object's surface in the near-field region, while an efficient, non-scanning, non-invasive,...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2020-02
Main Authors: Si-Chao, Chen, Zheng, Feng, Jiang, Li, Tan, Wei, Liang-Hui, Du, Cai, Jianwang, Ma, Yuncan, He, Kang, Ding, Haifeng, Zhao-Hui Zhai, Ze-Ren Li, Cheng-Wei, Qiu, Xi-Cheng, Zhang, Li-Guo, Zhu
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Language:English
Subjects:
Apertures
Arrays
Broadband
Correlation analysis
Destructive testing
Diffraction
Electrons
Emitters
Frequency ranges
Image contrast
Image reconstruction
Medical imaging
Nondestructive testing
Polarization
Raster scanning
Reconfiguration
Terahertz frequencies
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Summary:Terahertz (THz) wave shows great potential in non-destructive testing, bio detection and cancer imaging. Recent progresses on THz wave near-field probes/apertures enable mechanically raster scanning of an object's surface in the near-field region, while an efficient, non-scanning, non-invasive, deeply sub-diffraction-limited imaging still remains challenging. Here, we demonstrate a THz near-field microscopy using a reconfigurable spintronic THz emitter array (STEA) with computational ghost imaging. By illuminating an object with the reconfigurable STEA in near field and computing the correlation measurements, we reconstruct its image with deeply sub-diffraction resolution. By circulating an external magnetic field, the in-line polarization rotation of THz waves is realized, making the fused image contrast polarization-free. The time-of-flight (TOF) measurements of coherent THz pulses further enables to resolve objects at different distances or depths. The demonstrated ghost spintronic THz-emitter-array microscope (GHOSTEAM) is a new imaging tool for THz near-field real-time imaging (with potential of video framerate), especially opening up paradigm-shift opportunities in non-intrusive label-free bioimaging in a broadband frequency range from 0.1 THz to 30 THz (namely 3.3-1000 cm-1).
ISSN:2331-8422