Low noise Sb-heterostructure diode detectors for W-band imaging arrays without RF amplification

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5789, Issue , 2005, Pages 84-92

  Moyer, H P ^a   Hsu, T Y ^a   Bowen, R L ^a   Boegeman, Y K ^a   Deelman, P W ^a   Thomas III, S ^a   Hunter, A T ^a   Schulman, J N ^a   Luukanen, A ^b   Grossman, E N ^b  

^a Hughes Aircraft Co   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Detectors; Image sensors; Imaging; Millimeter wave diodes; Millimeter wave imaging; Tunnel diodes

Indexed keywords

DIODE STRUCTURE; MILLIMETER WAVE DIODES; MILLIMETER WAVE IMAGING; NOISE-EQUIVALENT POWER (NEP);

AMPLIFICATION; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; IMAGE SENSORS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTODETECTORS; SEMICONDUCTING ANTIMONY; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TUNNEL DIODES;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 26844551689     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.606730     Document Type: Conference Paper

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