Millimeter-Wave Band Electro-Optical Imaging System Using Polarization CMOS Image Sensor and Amplified Optical Local Oscillator Source.
Sensors (Basel)
; 24(13)2024 Jun 26.
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in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-39000918
ABSTRACT
In this study, we developed and demonstrated a millimeter-wave electric field imaging system using an electro-optic crystal and a highly sensitive polarization measurement technique using a polarization image sensor, which was fabricated using a 0.35-µm standard CMOS process. The polarization image sensor was equipped with differential amplifiers that amplified the difference between the 0° and 90° pixels. With the amplifier, the signal-to-noise ratio at low incident light levels was improved. Also, an optical modulator and a semiconductor optical amplifier were used to generate an optical local oscillator (LO) signal with a high modulation accuracy and sufficient optical intensity. By combining the amplified LO signal and a highly sensitive polarization imaging system, we successfully performed millimeter-wave electric field imaging with a spatial resolution of 30×60 µm at a rate of 1 FPS, corresponding to 2400 pixels/s.
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En
Journal:
Sensors (Basel)
Year:
2024
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Article
Affiliation country:
Japan