Research in the Microelectromagnetic Device Group

The University of Texas at Austin

Planar Antennas and Far Infrared Detectors

For further information contact Professor Dean Neikirk at

neikirk@mail.utexas.edu

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Abstracted versions of some of our publications and talks available here on our Web site:

Planar Antennas and Far Infrared Detectors

D. P. Neikirk, D. B. Rutledge, P. P. Tong, H. Park, and P. E. Young, "Imaging Antenna Array at 119um," Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 41, pp. 329-331, 1982.

D. P. Neikirk and D. B. Rutledge, "Self-Heated Thermocouples for Far-Infrared Detection," Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 41, pp. 400-402, 1982.

D. B. Rutledge, D. P. Neikirk, and D. Kasilingam, "Integrated-Circuit Antennas," in Infrared and Millimeter Waves, vol. 11: Millimeter Components and Techniques, Part II. Editor: K.J. Button, New York: Academic Press, 1984.

D. P. Neikirk and D. B. Rutledge, "Air-Bridge Microbolometer for Far-Infrared Detection," Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 44, pp. 153-155, 1984.

D. P. Neikirk and D. B. Rutledge, "Far-Infrared Imbedding Impedance Measurements," Int. J. Infrared Millimeter Waves, vol. 5, pp. 1017-1026, 1984.

D. P. Neikirk, D. B. Rutledge, and W. Lam, "Far-Infrared Microbolometer Detectors," Int. J. Infrared Millimeter Waves, vol. 5, pp. 245-277, 1984.

P. E. Young, D. P. Neikirk, P. P. Tong, D. B. Rutledge, and J. N. C. Luhmann, "Multichannel far-infrared phase imaging for fusion plasmas," Rev. Sci. Instr., vol. 56, pp. 81-89, 1985.

R. L. Rogers and D. P. Neikirk, "Use of Broadside Twin Element Antennas to Increase Efficiency on Electrically Thick Dielectric Substrates," Int. J. Infrared Millimeter Waves, vol. 9, pp. 949-969, 1988.

R. L. Rogers, "A Study of Slot and Dipole Antennas on Layered Electrically Thick Dielectric Substrates for Far Infrared and Millimeter Wave Imaging Arrays," 1989, PhD, The University of Texas at Austin.

R. L. Rogers and D. P. Neikirk, "Radiation Properties of Slot and Dipole Elements on Layered Substrates," Int. J. Infrared Millimeter Waves, vol. 10, pp. 697-728, 1989.

S. M. Wentworth and D. P. Neikirk, "Far Infrared Microbolometers made with Tellurium and Bismuth," Electron. Lett., vol. 25, pp. 1558-1560, 1989.

R. L. Rogers, S. M. Wentworth, D. P. Neikirk, and T. Itoh, "A twin slot antenna on a layered substrate coupled to a microstrip feed line," Int. J. Infrared Millimeter Waves, vol. 11, pp. 1225-1249, 1990.

S.M.Wentworth, R.L. Rogers, J.G. Heston, and D.P. Neikirk, "Twin-slot multi-layer substrate-supported antennas and detectors for terahertz imaging," First International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich., March 5-6, 1990, pp. 201-213.

J. M. Lewis, D. P. Neikirk, and S. M. Wentworth, "Low growth temperature GaAs microbolometers," 15th International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves, R. J. Temkin ed., Dec. 10-14, 1990, pp. 398-400.

S. M. Wentworth and D. P. Neikirk, "A Transition Edge Microbolometer (TREMBOL) for Far-Infrared Detection," SPIE Conference on Superconductivity Applications for Infrared and Microwave Devices, Orlando, FL, 1990.

S. M. Wentworth, R. L. Rogers, J. G. Heston, D. P. Neikirk, and T. Itoh, "Millimeter Wave Twin Slot Antennas on Layered Substrates," Int. J. Infrared Millimeter Waves, vol. 11, pp. 111-131, 1990.

S. Wentworth, "Far Infrared Microbolometer Detectors," 1990, PhD, The University of Texas at Austin.

J. G. Heston, J. M. Lewis, S. M. Wentworth, and D. P. Neikirk, "Twin slot antenna structures integrated with microbolometer detectors for 94 GHz imaging," Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol. 4, pp. 15-19, 1991.

S. M. Wentworth and D. P. Neikirk, "Composite Microbolometers with Tellurium Detector Elements," IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., vol. MTT-40, pp. 196-201, 1992.

J. Lewis, "Far-Infrared and Sub-Millimeter Microbolometer Detectors," 1994, PhD, The University of Texas at Austin.

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