large focal plane arrays for terahertz imaging - Technische

175 Pages·2012·6.89 MB·English

LARGE FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS
FOR TERAHERTZ IMAGING

LARGE FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS
FOR TERAHERTZ IMAGING
PROEFSCHRIFT
ter verkrijging van de graad van doctor aan de
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, op gezag van de
rector magnificus, prof.dr.ir. C.J. van Duijn, voor een
commissie aangewezen door het College voor
Promoties in het openbaar te verdedigen
op maandag 04 juni 2012 om 16.00 uur
door
Annalisa Iacono
geboren te Ischia, Itali¨e
Dit proefschrift is goedgekeurd door de promotoren:
prof.dr.ir. G. Gerini
en
prof.dr. A.G. Tijhuis
Copromotor:
prof.dr. A. Freni
A catalogue record is available from Eindhoven University of Technology Library
Iacono, Annalisa
Large Focal Plane Arrays for Terahertz Imaging/ by Annalisa Iacono. - Eindhoven :
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, 2012.
Proefschrift. - ISBN 978-94-6191-278-7
NUR 959
Trefwoorden: sub-millimeter golven / supergeleidende antennes / Focal Plane Arrays /
Terahertz technologie.
Subject headings: sub-millimeter waves / Superconducting antennas /
Focal Plane Arrays / Terahertz technology.
Copyright (cid:176)c 2012 by A. Iacono, TNO, The Hague, The Netherlands
Cover design: Andromeda Galaxy seen in infrared, ESA Herschel-PACS; emphasized pixel-
effect created by Annalisa Iacono
Press: Ipskamp Drukkers B.V., Enschede, The Netherlands
The work presented in this thesis has been performed at TNO and financed by TNO with
support of the Dutch Ministry of Defense.
Al mio paese
Alla mia famiglia

Anima di cristallo.
L’universo mi brilla dentro un bicchiere
dove ammiro la marea plumbea,
vischiosa del mio animo.
Le cose care sembrano ai vivi
scintillanti abbagli
divorati da un senso leggero di noia,
e quel tanto che sento
non gloria n´e vittoria,
ma il nudo di un’anima di cristallo:
rosea o purpurea essenza
non mi `e dato saperlo
n´e decifrarlo, universo senza stallo.
(Crescenzo D’Acunto, Ischia 2011)

Crystal soul.
The universe shines to me into a glass
where I admire the leaden tide,
viscous neap of my soul.
Beloved things seem to living people
twinkling glares
devoured by a slight sense of boredom,
and what I feel
is no glory or victory,
but the nude of a crystal soul:
rosy or purple essence
I can not know
nor understand, universe without stalling.
(Crescenzo D’Acunto, Ischia 2011
Translation to English: Annalisa Iacono)