Investigations of room temperature bolometers for THz applications

Sofiane Ben Mbarek (1) , T. Baron (1) , Sébastien Euphrasie (1) , Laurent Thiery (1) , Bernard Cretin (1) , Danick Briand (2) , J. P. Guillet (3) , R. Adam (3) , Laurent Chusseau (3, 4) , Annick Pénarier (3, 5)

1 FEMTO-ST - Franche-Comté Électronique Mécanique, Thermique et Optique - Sciences et Technologies (UMR 6174)
2 EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
3 IES - Institut d’Electronique et des Systèmes
4 RADIAC - Radiations et composants
5 TéHO - Térahertz, hyperfréquence et optique

We investigate in this work the performance of two configurations of room temperature bolometers dedicated to THz applications. Fabrication processes, noise level, sensitivity and resolution characterizations are presented. Results emphasize the efficiency of the proposed approach.

Mots clés: bolometer; THz

Domaines: Instrumentations et Détecteurs [physics.ins-det]

Sofiane Ben Mbarek, T. Baron, Sébastien Euphrasie, Laurent Thiery, Bernard Cretin, et al.. Investigations of room temperature bolometers for THz applications. 35th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and THz Waves (IRMMW-THz 2010), Sep 2010, Rome, Italy. pp.WE-P.27. ⟨hal-00565301⟩