Terahertz direct detection in YBa2Cu3O7 microbolometers

IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 390-394

  Hammar, Arvid ^a   Cherednichenko, Sergey ^a   Bevilacqua, Stella ^a   Drakinskiy, Vladimir ^a   Stake, Jan ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

microbolometers; spiral antenna; superconductor; Terahertz (THz) detectors; YBa2Cu3O7(YBCO)

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND TERAHERTZ; DIRECT DETECTION; DIRECT DETECTORS; FREQUENCY RANGES; HIGH SENSITIVITY; HIGH TC SUPERCONDUCTORS; MICRO-BOLOMETERS; MODULATION FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL NOISE; READOUT NOISE; RESPONSIVITY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SILICON SUBSTRATES; SUPERCONDUCTOR; TERA HERTZ; TERAHERTZ DETECTORS; YBA2CU3O7(YBCO);

BOLOMETERS; HELICAL ANTENNAS; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; SPIRAL ANTENNAS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; YTTRIUM BARIUM COPPER OXIDES;

TEMPERATURE SENSORS;

EID: 80455173932     PISSN: 2156342X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TTHZ.2011.2161050     Document Type: Article

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