A superconducting bolometer with an on-chip lithographic terahertz antenna has been characterized in passive and active mode. Direct detection measurements made with 300K/77K blackbody sources yeld an optical efficiency of 10%. Time response of the bolometer has been obtained at 2.5 and 4.4 THz by illuminating the detector with quantum cascade lasers (QCL) showing a time constant of 1.2 mu s. Here we report on the fabrication and the optical characterization of an antenna-coupled hot-spot microbolometer operating in vacuum at liquid helium temperature.
Optical characterization of a Superconducting Hotspot Air-bridge Bolometer
Cibella S;Chiarello F;Leoni R;Torrioli G;Tredicucci A;
2010
Abstract
A superconducting bolometer with an on-chip lithographic terahertz antenna has been characterized in passive and active mode. Direct detection measurements made with 300K/77K blackbody sources yeld an optical efficiency of 10%. Time response of the bolometer has been obtained at 2.5 and 4.4 THz by illuminating the detector with quantum cascade lasers (QCL) showing a time constant of 1.2 mu s. Here we report on the fabrication and the optical characterization of an antenna-coupled hot-spot microbolometer operating in vacuum at liquid helium temperature.File in questo prodotto:
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