Title

Infrared Antenna Metrology

Abstract

Infrared antennas are a novel type of detectors that couples electromagnetic radiation into metallic structures and feed it to a rectifying element. As their radio and millimeter counterparts, they can be characterized by parameters explaining their response in a variety of situations. The size of infrared antennas scales with the detected wavelength. Then, specifically designed experimental set-ups need to be prepared for their characterization. The measurement of the spatial responsivity map of infrared antennas is one of the parameters of interest, but other parameters can be defined to describe, for example, their directional response, or polarization response. One of the inputs to measure the spatial responsivity map is the spatial distribution of the beam irradiance illuminating the antenna-coupled detector. The measured quantity is actually a map of the response of the detector when it moves under the beam illumination. This measurement is given as the convolution of the actual responsivity map and the beam irradiance distrbution. The uncertainties, errors, and artifacts incorporated along the measurement procedure are analyzed by using the Principal Component Analysis (PCA). By means of this method is possible to classify different sources of uncertainty. PCA is applied as a metrology tool to characterize the accuracy and repeatability of the experimental set-up. Various examples are given to describe the application of the PCA to the characterization of the deconvolution procedure, and to define the responsivity and the signal-to-noise ratio of the measured results.

Publication Date

12-1-2005

Publication Title

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volume

5987

Number of Pages

-

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1117/12.631217

Socpus ID

33644519288 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/33644519288

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