Untitled

Digital implementation of the capacitively coupled electrical substitution for resistive bolometers

“…In order to obtain the best intrinsic responsivity of a bolometer, one will choose the best materials based upon their availability and the compatibility of their fabrication processes: resistive material with the highest temperature coefficient of resistance (TCR) for the sensing resistor-VOx [2], high-temperature superconductors (YBCO) or manganese films (LCMO, LSMO) [7,8]-absorbing material with the highest absorption coefficient (η) at the infrared wavelength target range for the absorbing layer-black gold [9,10], nanostructured materials [11]-structural material with the lowest thermal mass C th and thermal conductance G thpolymers, polyimide [12]. Once the materials are selected, one will also develop the best geometries or structures to optimize, i.e.…”