The evaluation of the performance of two pyroelectric detectors with vertically aligned multi-walled carbon nanotube coatings

Infrared Physics and Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 299-305

  Theocharous, S P ^a   Theocharous, E ^b   Lehman, J H ^c  

^a Queen Elizabeth Road   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Black coatings; Carbon nanotubes; Linearity of response; Pyroelectric detectors; Responsivity

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE AREA; FINE STRUCTURES; LINEARITY OF RESPONSE; LONG AXIS; NANOTUBE ARRAYS; PHASE DELAY; PYRO-ELECTRIC DETECTORS; PYROELECTRIC CRYSTALS; RESPONSIVITY; SILICON SUBSTRATES; SPATIAL UNIFORMITY OF RESPONSE; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SPECTRAL RESPONSIVITY; TEST DETECTORS; VERTICALLY ALIGNED; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

BLACK COATINGS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; PYROELECTRICITY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DETECTORS;

EID: 84862197194     PISSN: 13504495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infrared.2012.03.006     Document Type: Article

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