Sensor with 100,000 times higher sensitivity could bolster thermal imaging (IMAGE)

U.S. Army Research Laboratory

Sensor with 100,000 times higher sensitivity could bolster thermal imaging

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A bolometer detects electromagnetic radiation by measuring the temperature rise as the photons are absorbed into the sensor. The research team fabricate this bolometer by exploiting the giant thermal response of graphene to microwave radiation.

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Raytheon BBN Technologies

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