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The use of a TV camera with a standard pyroelectric tube for imaging continuous submillimeter (submm) waves is described. The spectral sensitivity of such pyroelectric vidicon has been measured. The results of experiments on diffraction and interference using submm laser radiation are presented. For the first time, submm images of different objects have been obtained with the aid of a pyroelectric vidicon. It has been shown that a pyroelectric TV camera can be effectively employed in various laser studies as well as in submm imagery technique.
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Lash, A.A., Yundev, D.N. Submillimeter imaging with a pyroelectric TV camera. Int J Infrared Milli Waves 5, 489–505 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01010147
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