This paper describes a new, experimentally verified, noise analysis and the design considerations of the dynamic characteristics of silicon radiometers. Transimpedance gain, loop gain, and voltage gain were optimized versus frequency for photodiode current meters measuring ac and dc optical radiation. Silicon radiometers with improved dynamic characteristics were built and tested. The frequency...

We report test results for a single pixel antenna-coupled bolometric detector. Our device consists of a dual slot microstrip antenna coupled to an Al/Ti/Au voltage-biased transition edge superconducting bolometer (TES). The coupling architecture involves propagating the signal along superconducting microstrip lines and terminating the lines at a normal metal resistor colocated with a TES on a t...

A detailed theoretical investigation of dark current mechanisms is performed for a novel Si n-i homojunction interfacial work function internal photoemission ~HIWIP! far-infrared ~FIR! detector. Thermionic emission, thermionic field emission and field emission currents, including the image force effect, are calculated and compared as functions of bias voltage and temperature. The bias and tempe...

In this work, real-time ultraviolet photodetectors are realized through metal–semiconductor–metal (MSM) structures. Amorphous indium gallium zinc oxide (a-IGZO) is used as semiconductor material and gold metal electrodes. The readout of an individual sensor implemented by a transimpedance amplifier (TIA) consisting all-enhancement a-IGZO thin-film transistor (TFT) operational switched capacitor...

We discuss the feasibility of a new type of high temperature superconducting bolometer operating in the sub-millimeter region (A > 300pm ) of the spectrum in the temperature range 80K + 100K. We use the sharp resistive transition of BizS~aCaCuzO~+, superconducting single crystals as sensitive thermometer. The sensor is thermally coupled to a thin diamond substrate covered on the back side with ...

A bolometer detector system was developed for the high accuracy infrared spectrophotometer at the National Institute of Standards and Technology to provide maximum sensitivity, spatial uniformity, and linearity of response covering the entire infrared spectral range. The spatial response variation was measured to be within 0.1 %. The linearity of the detector output was measured over three deca...

Terahertz (THz) detection has been extensively studied in the application fields of wireless communication, non-destructive imaging and spectrum inspection, etc., decades. Here, we report that a self-mixing terahertz detector based on hemispherical silicon lens antenna-coupled InGaAs/AlGaAs high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) enables wide detection, improves performances. In this device co...

Graphene is a two-dimensional sheet of carbon atoms with numerous envisaged applications owing to its exciting properties. In particular, ultrahigh-speed graphene field effect transistors (GFETs) are possible due to the unprecedented carrier velocities in ideal graphene. Thus, GFETs may potentially advance the current upper operation frequency limit of RF electronics. In this thesis, the practi...

The far-infrared (FIR) properties of niobium cat-whisker point contacts were studied using radiation from an optically pumped FIR laser. The reproducible behaviour of junctions with excellent high-frequency performance allowed a measurement of the FIR frequency dependence of the strength of the a.c. Josephson effect. The shape of the laser-induced steps was used to measure the effective noise t...

In this paper, we present an approach for analyzing the behaviour of editors in the large current awareness service “NEP: New Economics Papers”. We processed data from more than 38,000 issues derived from 90 different NEP reports over the past ten years. The aim of our analysis was to gain an inside to the editor behaviour when creating an issue and to look for factors that influence the succes...