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Performance Enhancement of Inexpensive Glow Discharge Detector Operating in Up-Conversion Mode in Millimeter Wave Detection for Focal Plane Arrays
| Content Provider | MDPI |
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| Author | Kurup, Arun Ramachandra Rozban, Daniel Kahana, Lidor Abramovich, Amir Yitzhaky, Yitzhak Kopeika, Natan |
| Copyright Year | 2021 |
| Description | Performance enhancement of a very inexpensive millimeter-wave (MMW)/terahertz (THz) sensor for MMW/THz imaging systems is experimentally demonstrated in this study. The MMW sensor is composed of a glow discharge detector (GDD) and a light-to-frequency (LTF) converter combination. The experimental results given in this study show an improvement in the performance parameters of the detector element, such as the minimum detectable signal, as well as the signal to noise ratio (SNR) and the noise equivalent power (NEP), when a NIR long-pass filter was inserted between the GDD and the LTF combination. A detailed derivation of the NEP of this unique sensor is presented in this work. Based on this derivation and the experimental measurements, the NEP value was calculated. |
| Starting Page | 9564 |
| e-ISSN | 20763417 |
| DOI | 10.3390/app11209564 |
| Journal | Applied Sciences |
| Issue Number | 20 |
| Volume Number | 11 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Publisher Date | 2021-10-14 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Applied Sciences Millimeter Wave Imaging Terahertz Sensor Glow Discharge Detector Light-to-frequency Converter Focal Plane Array Quasi Optical Design Millimeter Wave To Visible Up-conversion Imaging |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
