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FOCAL-PLANE ARRAYS: Integrated terahertz hot-electron-bolometer receivers form FPAs
… modules, superconducting hot-electron- bolometer receivers allow coherent detection of ..... frequency selectivity. Hot-electron- bolometer arrays Among the technologies used for terahertz downconversion, hot-electron- bolometer (HEB) mixers have attracted the attention …
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MOEMS bolometer may provide cost-effective optical gas sensing
… optical solution essentially consists of a bolometer based on a finely tuned infrared source ..... within a cavity that acts as its own bolometer (see figure). The efficiency with which ..... ago to help develop the gas-sensing bolometer concept based on a metal surface locally …
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Infrared bolometer is inkjet-printed on flexible plastic
Scientists at the Laboratoire de Physique des Interfaces et des Couches Minces, Ecole Polytechnique, and Thales Research and Technology (both in Palaiseau, France) are making multiwalled carbon-nanotube (CNT) based bolometers that are inkjet-printed on a flexible plastic substrate.
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IR DETECTORS: Amorphous-silicon bolometers could surpass IR focal-plane technologies
… for an amorphous-silicon (a-Si) bolometer . The signal-to-noise ratio is much ..... that the background current through the bolometer resistor is extremely large compared ..... magnitude of the bias voltage, which limits bolometer performance. The column-based readout …
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World's largest 'thermometer camera' sees first light
… Atacama, Chile--The world's largest bolometer camera for submillimeter astronomy is ..... in the Chilean Andes. LABOCA (LArge BOlometer Camera) was specifically designed for ..... in temperature. More specifically, a bolometer detector consists of an extremely thin …
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TERAHERTZ DETECTORS: Air bridge improves terahertz detector response time
… Superconducting hot-spot air-bridge bolometer The superconducting hot-spot air-bridge bolometer (SHAB) consists of a niobium (Nb) air ..... the bridge. FIGURE 2. A superconducting bolometer responds to illumination by a QCL at 4 …
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TERAHERTZ DETECTORS: Air bridge improves terahertz detector response time
… Superconducting hot-spot air-bridge bolometer The superconducting hot-spot air-bridge bolometer (SHAB) consists of a niobium (Nb) air ..... the bridge. FIGURE 2. A superconducting bolometer responds to illumination by a QCL at 4 …
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PHOTONICS WEST PREVIEW: SPIE Photonics West 2012 continues growth streak
… will highlight product development efforts towards commercialization of wafer-level camera modules, adaptive optics, and bolometer arrays. Finally, the prospects and future of microfluidics will be the topic of a panel discussion moderated by Holger Becker …
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CMOS DETECTORS: Terahertz imaging achieved with low-cost CMOS detectors
… to be adequate, technically speaking. These include the bolometer and the metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) transistor ..... frequency wave into an electrical low-frequency signal. In a bolometer , the terahertz wave heats a temperature-sensitive detector …
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CMOS DETECTORS: Terahertz imaging achieved with low-cost CMOS detectors
… to be adequate, technically speaking. These include the bolometer and the metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) transistor ..... frequency wave into an electrical low-frequency signal. In a bolometer , the terahertz wave heats a temperature-sensitive detector …
