System modeling of passive millimeter wave imager based on optical up-conversion

Shouyuan Shi; Christopher Schuetz; Rick Martin; Tom Dillon; Peng Yao; Janusz Murakowski; Garrett Schneider; Dennis W. Prather

doi:10.1117/12.914312

28 February 2012 System modeling of passive millimeter wave imager based on optical up-conversion

Shouyuan Shi, Christopher Schuetz, Rick Martin, Tom Dillon, Peng Yao, Janusz Murakowski, Garrett Schneider, Dennis W. Prather

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Proceedings Volume 8255, Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices XX; 82551O (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.914312
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2012, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

In this paper we present an end-to-end system model for passive millimeter wave (mmW) imaging system based on an optical up-conversion process. Due to the complicated nature of the system, accurate and efficient model of such a system becomes extremely challenging. To this end, we establish a mathematical model to bridge all component and subsystem models together to complete the system performance evaluation. The subsystem models through theoretical simulation and experimental measurement provide accurate input for overall system performance evaluation. The developed tools have been used for the validation our First-Ever demonstrated passive mmW imager at 35 GHz and excellent agreement has been achieved between the simulation and experimental results.

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Shouyuan Shi, Christopher Schuetz, Rick Martin, Tom Dillon, Peng Yao, Janusz Murakowski, Garrett Schneider, and Dennis W. Prather "System modeling of passive millimeter wave imager based on optical up-conversion", Proc. SPIE 8255, Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices XX, 82551O (28 February 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.914312

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