Uncooled Tunable LWIR Microbolometer
Abstract
Uncooled infrared detection has given the United States military one of its most significant advantages of recent decades. However, this technology has spread to countries across the globe, and US superiority is no longer assured. However, uncooled detectors have significant potential capabilities that have been little explored. Cooled detectors completely dominate narrowband sensing applications, such as in target recognition or chemical identification. This is probably because thermal detectors have traditionally been designed to absorb across the entire thermal infrared and the materials traditionally chosen to absorb do not lend themselves to spectral selectivity.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 05, 2010
- Accession Number
- ADA517537
Entities
People
- Joseph J. Talghader
Organizations
- University of Minnesota