Infrared camera using a single nano-photodetector

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 949-958

  Chen, Hongzhi ^a   Xi, Ning ^a   Song, Bo ^a   Chen, Liangliang ^a   Zhao, Jianguo ^a   Lai, King Wai Chiu ^a,b   Yang, Ruiguo ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; compressive sensing; infrared camera; nano sensor; photodetector; photonic crystal

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION AREAS; CAMERA SYSTEMS; COMPRESSIVE SENSING; DYNAMIC MOVEMENTS; HIGH COSTS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING; INFRA-RED CAMERAS; IR CAMERA; LASER SPOTS; LINEAR PROJECTIONS; LOW NOISE; NANO-SIZE; NANOMATERIAL; ORIGINAL IMAGES; PHOTO DETECTOR ARRAY; PHOTONIC CAVITIES; RANDOM PATTERN; SENSING ELEMENTS; SINGLE PIXEL; SMALL FEATURES; TUNABLE BAND-GAP; ZOOMING TECHNIQUE;

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; CARBON NANOTUBES; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED IMAGING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; SIGNAL RECONSTRUCTION; TEMPERATURE INDICATING CAMERAS;

PHOTONS;

EID: 84873356535     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2012.2225424     Document Type: Article

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