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Room temperature terahertz microbolometers

We report on the development of an array of uncooled antenna-coupled microbolometer based on an amorphous silicon thermistor. The design goal is an optical bandwidth of 0.2-1 THz with a NEP of 1 pW/Hz/sup 1/2 / per pixel.

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