title: Plasmon-assisted terahertz imaging inside metal-filled media.
abstract: We present the application of THz plasmonics in imaging dielectric objects embedded in metal-filled media. By exploiting the time domain information from the transmitted pulse, signatures of the objects were observed. To enhance the low quality images acquired through THz time domain spectroscopy, a super-resolution image processing technique was applied. It is shown that pulse arrival time and phase magnitude information compared to the integrated instantaneous power of the transmitted pulse provides more detailed images of the embedded object.
authors.affiliation: Ultrafast Optics and Nanophotonics Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada T6G 2V4.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Maraghechi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Straatsma
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: A Y
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Elezzabi