A microbolometer-based THz imager

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7671, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Marchese, Linda ^a   Bolduc, Martin ^a   Tremblay, Bruno ^a   Doucet, Michel ^a   Oulachgar, Hassane ^a   Le Noc, Loïc ^a   Williamson, Fraser ^a   Alain, Christine ^a   Jerominek, Hubert ^a   Bergeron, Alain ^a  

^a INO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bolometer; Far Infrared; Terahertz; THz

Indexed keywords

FAR INFRARED; IMAGER DESIGN; KEY TECHNOLOGIES; MICROBOLOMETER; PIXEL ARRAYS; REALTIME IMAGING; SECURITY SCREENING; TERA HERTZ; THZ IMAGING; THZ QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; UNCOOLED; VIDEO IMAGING; VIDEO RATES;

CAMERAS; FREQUENCY BANDS; INFRARED DETECTORS; PIXELS;

BOLOMETERS;

EID: 77953625897     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.850723     Document Type: Conference Paper

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