24th Australian Institute of Physics Congress

Hydration imaging with THz Quantum Cascade Lasers: Towards Precision Agriculture

12 Dec 2022, 14:45

15m

Room R7 (Adelaide Convention Centre)

Talk (preferred) COMMAD: Photonic integrated circuits, semiconductor lasers, LEDs, photodetectors, and modulators Conference on Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials and Devices

Speaker

Prof. Aleksandar Rakić (The University of Queensland)

Description

Terahertz sensing holds promise for applications in precision agriculture due to the sensitivity of terahertz waves to hydration.
Here we present a laser-based terahertz imaging technique to evaluate temporal change of hydration in leaves.

Presentation materials

1445 Mon RB7 Rakic.pptx

Abstract_THz_Leaf_COMMAD2022_Mk2.pdf