Absorption filters for wavelength tuning and finesse switching of long wave infrared thermal detectors

Technical Digest - Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems Workshop

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 260-263

  Wang, Yuyan ^a   Potter, Benjamin J ^a   Sutton, Michael ^a   Talghader, Joseph J ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATORS; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; INFRARED DEVICES; MICROSYSTEMS; MIRRORS; SOLID-STATE SENSORS;

ABSORPTION FILTERS; ACTUATION VOLTAGES; ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATION; LONG WAVE INFRARED; LONG-WAVELENGTH INFRARED; SPECTRAL INFORMATION; WAVELENGTH REGIONS; WAVELENGTH TUNING;

INFRARED RADIATION;

EID: 84891771702     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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