THz time-domain spectroscopy imaging for mail inspection

Liquan Zhang; Zhongdong Wang

doi:10.1117/12.899577

11 August 2011 THz time-domain spectroscopy imaging for mail inspection

Liquan Zhang, Zhongdong Wang

Proceedings Volume 8195, International Symposium on Photoelectronic Detection and Imaging 2011: Terahertz Wave Technologies and Applications; 819508 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.899577
Event: International Symposium on Photoelectronic Detection and Imaging 2011, 2011, Beijing, China

Abstract

Acquiring messages from the mail but not destroying the envelope is a big challenge in the war of intelligence. If one can read the message of the mail when the envelope is closed, he will benefit from the message asymmetry and be on a good wicket in the competition. In this paper, we presented a transmitted imaging system using THz time-domain spectroscopy technology. We applied the system to image the mail inside an envelope by step-scanning imaging technology. The experimental results show that the THz spectroscopy can image the mail in an envelope. The words in the paper can be identified easily from the background. We also present the THz image of a metal blade in the envelope, in which we can see the metal blade clearly. The results show that it is feasible of THz Time-Domain Spectroscopy Imaging for mail inspection applications.

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Liquan Zhang and Zhongdong Wang "THz time-domain spectroscopy imaging for mail inspection", Proc. SPIE 8195, International Symposium on Photoelectronic Detection and Imaging 2011: Terahertz Wave Technologies and Applications, 819508 (11 August 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.899577

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Terahertz radiation

Imaging spectroscopy

Spectroscopy

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