Uncooled bolometer-type Terahertz focal plane array and camera for real-time imaging;Détecteur matriciel de type bolométrique à température ambiante et camera vidéo pour l'imagerie térahertz

Comptes Rendus Physique

Volumn 11, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 496-509

  Oda, Naoki ^a  

^a NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Focal plane arrays; Label free detection; Microbolometer; Protein; Real time imaging; Terahertz

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957924064     PISSN: 16310705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crhy.2010.05.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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