Ghost spintronic THz-emitter-array microscope

Chen, Si-Chao; Feng, Zheng; Jiang, Li; Tan, Wei; Du, Liang-Hui; Cai, Jianwang; Ma, Yanxing; He, Kang; Ding, Haifeng; Zhai, Zhangyin; Li, Zeren; Qiu, Cheng‐Wei; Zhang, X.-C.; Zhu, Li-Guo

doi:10.1038/s41377-020-0338-4

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“…In Ref. 71 , Chen et al introduced the use of an innovative system enabling ultrabroadband THz generation, i.e. a spintronic THz emitter array (STEA), for single-pixel imaging ( Fig.…”

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“…However, it should be noted that, in Ref. 71 , the detection of the THz pulses was still performed via electro-optic sampling in a 1-mm-thick ZnTe crystal, thus limiting the available bandwidth to less than 2 THz. In the STEA 71 , every element acts as an individual THz emitter, which is independently programmable by photoexcitation.…”

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“…71 , the detection of the THz pulses was still performed via electro-optic sampling in a 1-mm-thick ZnTe crystal, thus limiting the available bandwidth to less than 2 THz. In the STEA 71 , every element acts as an individual THz emitter, which is independently programmable by photoexcitation. The masks, impressed on the pump laser beam with an SLM, illuminate the STEA, where they selectively excite every element and transfer the pattern to the THz beam.…”

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“…(d) Measured sinogram of a cuboid polypropylene sample with edge lengths of 14 mm× 7 mm. (e) Schematic of the GHOSTEAM system71 : the spintronic THz emitter array (STEA) is excited by two-DMDs-encoded fs-laser pulses and generates spatially coded THz pulses. An object is placed in the near-field region (z<<λ).…”

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“…The transmitted THz pulse is collected and sent to a single-pixel detector.Figure reproduced from: (a-d)Ref 68 ,. Optical Society of America; (e) Ref 71 ,. Creative Common 4.0 International License.…”

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“…In Ref. 71 , Chen et al introduced the use of an innovative system enabling ultrabroadband THz generation, i.e. a spintronic THz emitter array (STEA), for single-pixel imaging ( Fig.…”

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Ghost spintronic THz-emitter-array microscope

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