Book Description:
A bolometer is a device for measuring the energy of incident electromagnetic radiation. It consists of an "absorber" connected to a heat sink through an insulating link. The result is that any radiation absorbed by the absorber raises its temperature above that of the heat sink; then the higher the energy absorbed, the higher the temperature will be. This new book gathers and presents current research in the study of bolometers including investigations of properties of high temperature superconducting bolometers, operating uncooled resistive bolometers in a closed-loop mode, as well as a review on thin-film micro-bolometers with Si-Ge thermo-sensing films deposited from plasma discharge.

Imprint: Nova Science

Table of Contents:
Preface

Thin Film Micro-Bolometers with Si-Ge Thermo-Sensing Films Deposited from Plasma Discharge
(A.Kosarev, A. Torres, M. Moreno, Electronics Department, Institute for Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics, Puebla, Mexico)

Investigations of Properties of High Temperature Superconducting Bolometers
(I.A. Khrebtov, S.I. Vavilov State Optical Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia)

Operating Uncooled Resistive Bolometers in a Closed-Loop Mode
(Denoual Matthieu, Allègre Gilles, GreyC-Electronique, ENSICAEN UCBN, Caen, France)

A Security Camera as an Example for a THz Imaging Application
(S. Anders, T. May, E. Heinz, G. Zieger, H.G. Meyer, Institute of Photonic Technology, Jena, Germany)

Noise Properties of High-Tc Superconducting Transition Edge Bolometers with Electrothermal Feedback
(Igor A. Khrebtov, Konstantin V. Ivanov, Valery G. Malyarov, Vavilov State Optical Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia)

Comparative Investigation of Passive and Active Operating Modes for High-Tc Superconducting Transition Edge Bolometers with Electrothermal Feedback for Infrared Waves
(S.V. Baryshev, A.V. Bobyl, K. V. Ivanov, I.A. Khrebtov, V.G. Malyarov, V. U. Zerov, Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, St.-Petersburg, Russia, and others)

Experimental Modelling Active Strong Electrothermal Feedback Mode for High-Tc Superconducting Bolometer on Silicon Nitride Membrane
(I.A.Khrebtov, A.D.Tkachenko, E.Steinbeiss, W.Michalke, Vavilov State Optical Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia, and others)

Ybco Films On Srtio3 Substrates With Recordly Low 1/F Noise For Bolometer Applications ^
(B. Dam, F.C. Klaassen, J. M. Huijbregtse, I.A. Khrebtov, K.V. Ivanov, S.V. Baryshev, Institute COMPAS and Faculty of Scieces, Division of Physics and Astronomy, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1081a, NL-1081 HV Amsterdam, the Netherlands and others)

Absolute high-Tc superconducting radiometer with electrical-substitution for X-rays measurements ^
(I.A Khrebtov, V.G. Malyarov, K.V. Ivanov, A.D. Nikolenko, V.F. Pindyurin, S.I. Vavilov State Optical Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia, and others)

Index