Error analysis of polyamide plate thickness detection based on Terahertz Time Domain System

The analysis on the thickness of polyamide plate using Terahertz Time Domain System(THz-TDS)in reflection mode is carried out.The refractive index,one of the optical parameters in terahertz band,is solved through the mathematics model,and its value is 1.88.A kind of polyamide plate sample with four kinds of thickness is designed and the ability of THz-based method to detect defects or foreign bodies in fiber glass is verified by attaching metal plates to the back of fiberglass.By the comparison of traditional method and THz method,the terahertz method has a measurement error between 2.5%and 10%.As the thickness increases,the error tends to increase.The reason about the deviations is analyzed,as well as the systematic factors affecting the thickness measurement accuracy,in order to improve the accuracy of THz thickness measurement system and provide theoretical basis for designing terahertz thickness measurement system in the future.

Terahertz pulse imaging in archaeology

The work presented in this paper was performed at the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago, on objects from their permanent collection： an ancient Egyptian bird mummy and three ancient Sumerian corroded copper-alloy objects. We used a portable, fibercoupled terahertz （THz） time-domain spectroscopic ima- ging system, which allowed us to measure specimens in both transmission and reflection geometry, and present time- and frequency-based image modes. The results confirm earlier evidence that THz imaging can provide complementary information to that obtainable from X-ray computed tomography （XRCT） scans of mummies, giving better visualisation of low density regions. In addition, we demonstrated that THz imaging can distinguish mineralized layers in metal artifacts.

太赫兹技术用于关节软骨检测的研究进展

骨关节炎是主要由软骨组织损伤与退化引起的常见关节疾病,是影响人类健康的重大疾病之一,对于关节软骨组织早期病变的检测可以大大提高疾病的治愈率,然而相关的临床诊断技术尚未发现。近年来,太赫兹技术在医学领域日益受到关注。与传统方法相比,太赫兹辐射能量低,不会产生电离辐射,可高灵敏、无损伤地对生物组织进行成像检测,因此在关节软骨诊断方面具有较大的应用潜力。本文简要介绍了关节软骨的生理与病理情况以及目前关节软骨检测的主要方法,重点总结了太赫兹技术应用于关节软骨检测方面的相关研究工作,分别包括对动物与人类关节软骨的检测,探讨了太赫兹技术在关节软骨检测中所面临的挑战与未来研究展望。

纤维增强复合材料太赫兹成像无损检测

利用太赫兹时域光谱成像技术检测了内含缺陷的玻璃纤维与碳纤维增强复合材料,获得了材料内部缺陷的太赫兹透射图像,从而实现对复合材料样本的无损检测。实验结果表明,太赫兹透射成像技术可检测出多层玻璃纤维复合材料的层间缺陷。但该技术对于碳纤维复合材料中缺陷的检测能力有限,主要是因为碳纤维具有导电特性,导致太赫兹信号对其穿透能力有限。通过对成像模式的调节,太赫兹无损检测技术可对碳纤维材料内部深度约为0.2 mm、宽度为10 mm的缺陷进行成像检测。这为发展准确、灵敏、高效的纤维增强复合材料太赫兹无损检测技术提供了基础实验数据。

基于太赫兹时域光谱技术的交联聚乙烯电缆绝缘层气隙检测分析

隐藏气隙缺陷会严重影响交联聚乙烯(XLPE)电缆的绝缘性能,造成安全隐患。该文提出一种基于太赫兹时域光谱技术(THz-TDS)的XLPE无损检测新方法。首先分析XLPE中隐藏气隙缺陷特性,建立含有气隙缺陷的XLPE的多层色散模型并进行理论分析,然后采用实际XLPE样品并人工模拟气隙缺陷,最后利用自己搭建的透射式THz-TDS系统对样品成谱成像实验。实验结果表明,通过采集THz-TDS系统透过样品的时域信号,以信号幅值和相位为特征量可有效辨别XLPE样品的隐藏气隙,对信号谱进一步分析可以得出隐藏气隙的几何尺寸信息,计算误差在2.9%以内;另外,对XLPE隐藏气隙的THz成像实验可以更直观地观测到气隙特征,应用该文设计的太赫兹成像算法能清楚地辨识气隙的位置和形状特性。该文从理论和实验上证明了基于THz-TDS系统对XLPE隐藏气隙缺陷无损检测的新方法的可行性,可为电缆绝缘缺陷的无损检测提供一种新的思路,且可应用于其他电气设备检测中。