Transition-edge microbolometer

Stuart M. Wentworth; Dean P. Neikirk

doi:10.1117/12.21040

1 October 1990 Transition-edge microbolometer

Stuart M. Wentworth, Dean P. Neikirk

Proceedings Volume 1292, Superconductivity Applications for Infrared and Microwave Devices; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.21040
Event: 1990 Technical Symposium on Optics, Electro-Optics, and Sensors, 1990, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

The TREMBOL (transition-edge microbolometer) and the composite TREMBOL are introduced as detectors for FIR imaging arrays. The TREMBOL uses a superconductor's sharp change in resistance at the normal conduction to superconduction transition. The structure of the composite TREMBOL enables heating of the individual detectors in an array up to their transition temperature, and can thus be used in multiplexing, which would be very advantageous for two-dimensional arrays.

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Stuart M. Wentworth and Dean P. Neikirk "Transition-edge microbolometer", Proc. SPIE 1292, Superconductivity Applications for Infrared and Microwave Devices, (1 October 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.21040

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