Title

Infrared antennas coupled to lithographic Fresnel zone plate lenses

Authors

Authors

F. J. Gonzalez; J. Alda; B. Ilic;G. D. Boreman

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Appl. Optics

Keywords

MICROBOLOMETERS; Optics

Abstract

Several designs for Fresnel zone plate lenses (FZPLs) to be used in conjunction with antenna-coupled infrared detectors have been fabricated and tested. The designs comprise square and circular FZPLs with different numbers of Fresnel zones working in transmissive or reflective modes designed to focus infrared energy on a square-spiral antenna connected to a microbolometer. A 163x maximum increase in response was obtained from a 15-zone circular FZPL in the transmissive mode. Sensor measurements of normalized detectivity D* resulted in a 2.67x increase with FZPLs compared with measurements made of square-spiral antennas without FZPLs. The experimental results are discussed and compared with values obtained from theoretical calculations. (C) 2004 Optical Society of America.

Journal Title

Applied Optics

Volume

43

Issue/Number

33

Publication Date

1-1-2004

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

6067

Last Page

6073

WOS Identifier

WOS:000225531600001

ISSN

1559-128X

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