• Optoelectronics Letters
  • Vol. 9, Issue 1, 73 (2013)
De-gang XU*, Chang-ming LIU, Yu-ye WANG, Wei-peng WANG, Hao JIANG, Zhuo ZHANG, Peng-xiang LIU, and Jian-quan YAO
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  • Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information Technology Science, Ministry of Education of China, Institute of Laser and Optoelectronics, College of Precision Instruments and Optoelectronic Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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    DOI: 10.1007/s11801-013-2303-4 Cite this Article
    XU De-gang, LIU Chang-ming, WANG Yu-ye, WANG Wei-peng, JIANG Hao, ZHANG Zhuo, LIU Peng-xiang, YAO Jian-quan. Numerical simulation of the thermal response of continuous-wave terahertz irradiated skin[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2013, 9(1): 73 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    We report a two-layer model to describe the thermal response of continuous-wave (CW) terahertz (THz) irradiated skin. Based on the Pennes bio-heat conduction equation, the finite element method (FEM) is utilized to calculate the temperature distribution. The THz wave with a Gaussian beam profile is used to simulate the photo-thermal mechanism. The simulation results show the dynamic process of temperature increasing with irradiation time and possible thermal damage. The factors which can affect temperature distribution, such as beam radius, incident power and THz frequency, are investigated. With a beam radius of 0.5 mm, the highest temperature increase is 3.7 K/mW.
    XU De-gang, LIU Chang-ming, WANG Yu-ye, WANG Wei-peng, JIANG Hao, ZHANG Zhuo, LIU Peng-xiang, YAO Jian-quan. Numerical simulation of the thermal response of continuous-wave terahertz irradiated skin[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2013, 9(1): 73
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