NASA NTRS · 20040121170
Silicon Hot-Electron Bolometers
Abstract
We discuss a new type of direct detector, a silicon hot-electron bolometer, for measurements in the far-infrared and submillimeter spectral ranges. High performance bolometers can be made using the electron-phonon conductance in heavily doped silicon to provide thermal isolation from the cryogenic bath. Noise performance is expected to be near thermodynamic limits, allowing background limited performance for many far infrared and submillimeter photometric and spectroscopic applications.
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Stevenson, Thomas R., Hsieh, Wen-Ting, Mitchell, Robert R., Isenberg, Hal D., Stahle, Carl M., Cao, Nga T., Schneider, Gideon, Travers, Douglas E., Moseley, S. Harvey, Wollack, Edward J.. 2004-01-01. Silicon Hot-Electron Bolometers. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20040121170
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