Overview of microfabricated bolometers with vertically aligned carbon nanotube absorbers

Multi-wall vertically aligned carbon nanotubes (VACNTs) are nearly ideal absorbers due to their exceptionally low reflectance over a broad wavelength range. Integrating VACNTs as bolometer absorbers, however, can be difficult due to their high growth temperature and fragile nature. Despite these cha...

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Veröffentlicht in:AIP advances 2020-05, Vol.10 (5), p.055010-055010-10
Hauptverfasser: Tomlin, N. A., Yung, C. S., Castleman, Z., Denoual, M., Drake, G., Farber, N., Harber, D., Heuerman, K., Kopp, G., Passe, H., Richard, E., Rutkowski, J., Sprunck, J., Stephens, M., Straatsma, C., Van Dreser, S., Vayshenker, I., White, M. G., Woods, S. I., Zheng, W., Lehman, J. H.
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Zusammenfassung:Multi-wall vertically aligned carbon nanotubes (VACNTs) are nearly ideal absorbers due to their exceptionally low reflectance over a broad wavelength range. Integrating VACNTs as bolometer absorbers, however, can be difficult due to their high growth temperature and fragile nature. Despite these challenges, we have microfabricated many different types of VACNT bolometers, ranging from cryogenic optical power primary standards to room temperature satellite-based solar irradiance monitors and broadband infrared microbolometers. Advantages our VACNT bolometers provide over the bolometers they replace vary by application, but can be reduced size and time constant, increased absorption, and/or microfabrication instead of hand assembly. Depending on the application and operating conditions, our VACNT bolometers are designed with a variety of thermistors and weak thermal links. The thermistors used include commercial surface mount chips, superconducting transition-edge sensors, and vanadium oxide (VOx). Weak thermal links include silicon nitride (SiNx) membranes, Si bridges, and laser-cut polyimide. We summarize a wide variety of microfabricated bolometers with VACNT absorbers that measure optical power levels spanning over seven orders of magnitude.
ISSN:2158-3226
2158-3226
DOI:10.1063/5.0004025