Terahertz Sensing for Non-Destructive Inspection: A Benchmark Against Ultrasound on Layered Samples

Authors

  • Bolette Damkjaer Centre for Applied Photonics, Nordvestsjaelland Centre for Emerging Materials, Kalundborg, Denmark Author
  • Horatiu Gavrilescu Department of Instrumentation, Buzau Centre for Emerging Materials, Buzau, Romania Author
  • Kaarli Laur Department of Metrology, Peipsi Institute of Advanced Technology, Mustvee, Estonia Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22673847

Keywords:

Terahertz Sensing for Non-Destructive Inspection; Next-generation R&D; Evidence synthesis; Reproducibility; Research methodology

Abstract

Terahertz Sensing for Non-Destructive Inspection has moved quickly from a niche engineering question to something a wider
community can now investigate with reasonably reliable tools, but the evidence behind it has not always kept pace. We pull
together the current evidence for terahertz sensing for non-destructive inspection, covering the methodological, practical,
regulatory and cost angles, with an eye on where practice has genuinely settled and where engineers and reviewers are still
largely working it out for themselves. Selective, context-specific adoption looks better supported by the evidence gathered here
than either broad rollout or blanket avoidance.

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