Imaging apparatus and method
US7174037B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 28, 2001 |
| Grant date | Feb 6, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 23, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N21/3581
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus and method for imaging a sample, the apparatus including a source for irradiating a sample with a beam of substantially continuous electromagnetic radiation having a frequency in the range 25 GHz to 100 THz; means for subdividing an area of the sample which is to be imaged into a two dimensional array of pixels; means for detecting radiation from each pixel wherein the detector is configured to detect a phase dependent quantity of the detected radiation which is measured relative to the radiation which irradiates the sample.
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