Characterization and performance of optomechanical uncooled infrared imaging system

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4820, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 164-174

  Zhao, Yang ^a   Choi, Jongeun ^a   Horowitz, Roberta ^a   Majumdar, Arun ^a   Kitching, John ^b   Norton, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c IR Vision   (United States)

Author keywords

Focal plane array (FPA); Microcantilever array; NETD; Optomechanical uncooled infrared imaging

Indexed keywords

CANTILEVER BEAMS; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); DEFORMATION; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; INFRARED RADIATION; SENSORS; SHOT NOISE;

FOCAL PLANE ARRAY (FPA);

INFRARED IMAGING;

EID: 0038324557     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.450542     Document Type: Conference Paper

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