Abstract

We have demonstrated the ability of a THz impulse ranging system to measure the late time response of dielectric targets following excitation by a short, THz impulse. Measurements with the THz system show excellent agreement with the theoretically predicted returns from cylindrical and spherical targets in both the time and frequency domains. This technique should have wide ranging applications for the THz impulse scale ranging of targets of real world interest.

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