Thermal infrared detectors
Infrared focal plane arrays
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Thermal infrared detectors
Infrared focal plane arrays

Authors : Isabelle RIBET, Marcel CAES, Sophie DERELLE, Sylvie BERNHARDT, Julien JAECK

Publication date: February 10, 2021, Review date: April 12, 2021 | Lire en français

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3. Thermal infrared detectors

In this section, we give a brief overview of the thermal detector sector as a whole, before focusing on microbolometer detectors. This sector was developed with low-cost in mind, and its technological and industrial approach is totally different from that of quantum detectors. We review the operating principle of microbolometers, their manufacture and implementation, each time highlighting the main differences with the quantum detectors presented in paragraph 2 ...

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