W-band imaging detector with incoherent illumination

B. Kapilevich, B. Litvak, M. Anisimov, D. Hardon, Y. Pinhasi

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Abstract

A single-pixel imaging detector operating in W-band is described. It is based on a wideband receiving module using direct detecting circuitry and a transmitting unit with a pulse-modulated wideband noise source. The detector consists of a single transmit / receive channel mounted on a programmable scanner in an X-Y plane configuration. A LabView interface integrated with MatLab is employed allowing image continues reconstruction line-by-line. The application of incoherent illumination generated by a frequency-limited noise source improves image quality compared with conventional coherent sources used in active imagers. An image processing algorithm using a binary threshold level is considered with some examples of image reconstruction employing the detector.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)556-565
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves
Volume34
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2013

Keywords

  • Homeland security
  • Image reconstruction
  • mm-wave imaging
  • mm-wave sensors

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