Imaging with modular linear arrays of cryogenic Nb microbolometers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6948, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Grossman, E N ^a   Dietlein, C R ^a,b   Bjarnason, J E ^a   Ramirez, M ^b   Leivo, M ^c   Penttila, J A ^d   Helisto, P ^c   Luukanen, A ^c  

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

^b UCB 450   (United States)

^c VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^d AIVON OY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Imaging; Microbolometer; Millimeter wave; Terahertz

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BOLOMETERS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; NIOBIUM; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TECHNOLOGY; WAVES;

LINEAR ARRAYS; LOW NOISE; METROLOGY TOOLS; MICROBOLOMETER ARRAYS; MICROBOLOMETERS; MM WAVES; NOISE EQUIVALENT TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE (NETD); NON UNIFORMITIES; PASSIVE MILLIMETER WAVE IMAGING; ROOM-TEMPERATURE (RT); SCANNED IMAGES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION (SR); SPECTRAL RESPONSES; STATISTICAL DATA; TRANSIMPEDANCE; ULTRA- WIDEBAND (UWB); VARIABLE FILTERS;

MILLIMETER WAVES;

EID: 44949129973     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.784645     Document Type: Conference Paper

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