An array of antenna-coupled superconducting microbolometers for passive indoors real-time THz imaging

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6212, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Luukanen, A ^a   Gronberg L ^a   Helisto P ^a   Penttila J S ^a   Seppa H ^a   Sipola, H ^a   Dietlein, C R ^b,c   Grossman, E N ^c  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Bolometers; Concealed weapons detection; Superconducting detectors; THz imaging

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; REFRIGERATING MACHINERY; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES;

CONCEALED WEAPONS DETECTION; MULTI-FREQUENCY IMAGING; SUPERCONDUCTING DETECTORS; THZ IMAGING;

BOLOMETERS;

EID: 33747747000     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.669044     Document Type: Conference Paper

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