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| An Effective Method for Improving the Imaging Spatial Resolution of Terahertz Time Domain Spectroscopy System |
| ZHANG Zeng-yan, JI Te, ZHU Zhi-yong, ZHAO Hong-wei, CHEN Min*, XIAO Ti-qiao，GUO Zhi* |
| Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China |
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Abstract Terahertz radiation is an electromagnetic radiation in the range between millimeter waves and far infrared. Due to its low energy and non-ionizing characters, THz pulse imaging emerges as a novel tool in many fields, such as material, chemical, biological medicine, and food safety. Limited spatial resolution is a significant restricting factor of terahertz imaging technology. Near field imaging method was proposed to improve the spatial resolution of terahertz system. Submillimeter scale’s spauial resolution can be achieved if the income source size is smaller than the wawelength of the incoming source and the source is very close to the sample. But many changes were needed to the traditional terahertz time domain spectroscopy system, and it’s very complex to analyze sample’s physical parameters through the terahertz signal. A method of inserting a pinhole upstream to the sample was first proposed in this article to improve the spatial resolution of traditional terahertz time domain spectroscopy system. The measured spatial resolution of terahertz time domain spectroscopy system by knife edge method can achieve spatial resolution curves. The moving stage distance between 10% and 90% of the maximum signals respectively was defined as the spatial resolution of the system. Imaging spatial resolution of traditional terahertz time domain spectroscopy system was improved dramatically after inserted a pinhole with diameter 0.5 mm, 2 mm upstream to the sample. Experimental results show that the spatial resolution has been improved from 1.276 mm to 0.774 mm, with the increment about 39%. Though this simple method, the spatial resolution of traditional terahertz time domain spectroscopy system was increased from millimeter scale to submillimeter scale. A pinhole with diameter 1 mm on a polyethylene plate was taken as sample to terahertz imaging study. The traditional terahertz time domain spectroscopy system and pinhole inserted terahertz time domain spectroscopy system were applied in the imaging experiment respectively. The relative THz-power loss imaging of samples were use in this article. This method generally delivers the best signal to noise ratio in loss images, dispersion effects are cancelled. Terahertz imaging results show that the sample’s boundary was more distinct after inserting the pinhole in front of sample. The results also conform that inserting pinhole in front of sample can improve the imaging spatial resolution effectively. The theoretical analyses of the method which improve the spatial resolution by inserting a pinhole in front of sample were given in this article. The analyses also indicate that the smaller the pinhole size, the longer spatial coherence length of the system, the better spatial resolution of the system. At the same time the terahertz signal will be reduced accordingly. All the experimental results and theoretical analyses indicate that the method of inserting a pinhole in front of sample can improve the spatial resolution of traditional terahertz time domain spectroscopy system effectively, and it will further expand the application of terahertz imaging technology.
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Received: 2013-12-04
Accepted: 2014-03-21
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Corresponding Authors:
CHEN Min,GUO Zhi
E-mail: chenmin@sinap.ac.cn;guozhi@sinap.ac.cn
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