Hati, A.
and Nelson, C.
(2019),
W -Band Vibrometer for Noncontact Thermoacoustic Imaging, Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE IFCS-EFTF, Orlando, FL, US, [online], https://doi.org/10.1109/TUFFC.2019.2923909
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W -Band Vibrometer for Noncontact Thermoacoustic Imaging
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Noncontact thermoacoustic imaging (TAI) has several desirable characteristics for applications such as explosive detection in high-water-content media. In this letter, we report a detection technique using millimeter-wave interferometry based on sensitive phase detection at W-band. The displacement sensitivity of the proposed W-band vibrometer at 95 GHz is of the order of 1 nm. We also analyze the effect of phase noise on the sensitivity of the vibrometer. Unlike laser-based sensors, a W-band sensor has several advantages; it can easily penetrate surface obscurants such as fur or cloth and it does not require a highly reflective surface of the target to detect the thermoacoustic vibrations.Proceedings Title
Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE IFCS-EFTF
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April 14-18, 0019
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Orlando, FL, US
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2019 IEEE IFCS-EFTF
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Phase noise, Thermoacoustic Imaging, Vibrometer, W-band
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