An ultra-low noise superconducting antenna-coupled microbolometer with a room-temperature read-out

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 464-466

  Luukanen, Arttu ^a,b,c   Grossman, Erich N ^b   Miller, Aaron J ^b,d   Helistö, Panu ^c   Penttilä, Jari S ^c   Sipola, Hannu ^c   Seppä, Heikki ^c  

^a IEEE   (Finland)

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

^c VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^d ALBION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bolometers; Concealed weapons detection; Superconducting detectors; THz detectors; THz imaging

Indexed keywords

CONCEALED WEAPONS DETECTION; MICROBOLOMETERS; SUPERCONDUCTING DETECTORS; THZ DETECTORS; THZ IMAGING;

ARRAYS; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; FEEDBACK; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES;

BOLOMETERS;

EID: 33746930665     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2006.879483     Document Type: Article

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