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Faster, more sensitive photodetector created by tricking graphene
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- June 5, 2012
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- University of Maryland
- Summary:
- Researchers have developed a highly sensitive detector of infrared light that can be used in applications ranging from detection of chemical and biochemical weapons from a distance and better airport body scanners to chemical analysis in the laboratory and studying the structure of the universe through new telescopes.
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Researchers at the Center for Nanophysics and Advanced Materials of the University of Maryland have developed a new type of hot electron bolometer a sensitive detector of infrared light, that can be used in a huge range of applications from detection of chemical and biochemical weapons from a distance and use in security imaging technologies such as airport body scanners, to chemical analysis in the laboratory and studying the structure of the universe through improved telescopes.
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Journal Reference:
- Jun Yan, M-H. Kim, J. A. Elle, A. B. Sushkov, G. S. Jenkins, H. M. Milchberg, M. S. Fuhrer, H. D. Drew. Dual-gated bilayer graphene hot-electron bolometer. Nature Nanotechnology, 2012; DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2012.88
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