FABRICATION OF AN INFRARED BOLOMETER WITH A HIGH-TC SUPERCONDUCTING THERMOMETER

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作者
VERGHESE, S
RICHARDS, PL
CHAR, K
SACHTJEN, SA
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF BERKELEY LAWRENCE BERKELEY LAB,DIV CHEM SCI,BERKELEY,CA 94720
[2] CONDUCTUS INC,SUNNYVALE,CA 94086
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10.1109/20.133862
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A sensitive high T(c) superconducting bolometer has been fabricated on a 20-mu-m thick sapphire substrate with a YBCO thin film transition edge thermometer. Optical measurements with a He-Ne laser gave a noise equivalent power of 2.4.10(-11) W/Hz1/2 at 10 Hz and a responsivity of 17 V/W in good agreement with electrical bolometer measurements. Gold black smoke was then deposited on the back side of the assembled bolometer as an absorber. Spectral measurements on a fourier transform spectrometer show that the bolometer has useful sensitivity from visible wavelengths to beyond approximately 100mu-m. This performance is clearly superior to that of a commercial room temperature pyroelectric detector. Some improvement appears possible.
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