Figures of merit and optimization of a VO2 microbolometer with strong electrothermal feedback

Optical Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Neto, Gilson ^a   De Almeida, L Alberto L ^a   Lima, Antonio M N ^b   Moreira, Cleumar S ^b   Neff, Helmut ^b   Khrebtov, Igor A ^c   Malyarov, Valery G ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINA GRANDE   (Brazil)

^c VAVILOV STATE OPTICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

electrothermal feedback; hysteresis; metal insulator transition; microbolometer; modeling; semiconductor metal transition; thermal sensor; transition edge; vanadium dioxide

Indexed keywords

ELECTROTHERMAL FEEDBACK; MICROBOLOMETER; SEMICONDUCTOR-METAL TRANSITION; THERMAL SENSORS; TRANSITION-EDGE; VANADIUM DIOXIDE;

BOLOMETERS; HYSTERESIS; METAL INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; MODELS; NONLINEAR FEEDBACK; SEMICONDUCTOR INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; TEMPERATURE SENSORS;

DISPLAY DEVICES;

EID: 81355133532     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2956386     Document Type: Article

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