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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The microwave bolometer developed under this project is capable of detecting a single microwave photon, the smallest amount of energy in nature

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Raytheon BBN Technologies

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