Optimized microbolometers with higher sensitivity for visible and infrared imaging

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 10426-10434

  Razansky, D ^a   Einziger, P D ^a   Adam, D R ^a   Tamir, T ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOCUSING; INFRARED IMAGING; LENSES; OPTIMIZATION; RESONANCE; THERMAL DIFFUSION;

BOLOMETRIC DETECTION; CAVITY PLASMON RESONANCE (CPR); MINIATURIZATION CAPABILITIES; PLASMON RESONANCE EXCITATION;

BOLOMETERS;

EID: 33750685628     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.010426     Document Type: Article

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