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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2020
Institut National D'optique, Québec, CA;
Michel Jacob, Québec, CA;
Michel Doucet, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, CA;
André Fougeres, Neuville, CA;
INSTITUT NATIONAL D'OPTIQUE, Québec, CA;
Abstract
There is described a terahertz illumination source for terahertz imaging. The terahertz illumination source generally has: a surface; a plurality of terahertz radiation emitting elements mounted to said surface; a plurality of individual beam shaping elements each being optically coupled to a respective one of said terahertz radiation emitting elements; a collective beam shaper optically coupled to at least some of said individual beam shaping elements; and a control signal generator communicatively coupled to said terahertz radiation emitting elements, said control signal generator supplying a plurality of control signals to said terahertz radiation emitting elements, said terahertz radiation emitting elements emitting a plurality of individual terahertz radiation beams being collected and redirected successively by said individual beam shaping elements and said collective beam shaper, said terahertz radiation emitting elements and/or said control signals being configured so that said individual terahertz radiation beams are incoherent with respect to one another.