Time reversal and object reconstruction with single-cycle pulses

Authors
Ruffin, AB Decker, J Sanchez-Palencia, L Le Hors, L Whitaker, JF Norris, TB Rudd, JV
Citation
Ab. Ruffin et al., Time reversal and object reconstruction with single-cycle pulses, OPTICS LETT, 26(10), 2001, pp. 681-683
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
OPTICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
01469592 → ACNP
Volume
26
Issue
10
Year of publication
2001
Pages
681 - 683
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(20010515)26:10<681:TRAORW>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
We demonstrate the reconstruction of one- and two-dimensional objects by nu merically backpropagating measured scattered terahertz transients. The spat ial resolution determined by the Sparrow criterion is found to correspond t o approximately 30% of the peak wavelength and 85% of the mean wavelength o f the power spectrum of the single-cycle waveform. (C) 2001 Optical Society of America.