A new ultrathin photodetector from Duke University can sense light across the entire electromagnetic spectrum and generate a signal in just 125 picoseconds, making it the fastest pyroelectric detector ...

The metasurface is an ultra-thin resonant element with special physical properties. A good example of such an innovation is seen in the thermally based photon-detector project at Duke University, ...

Reducing detector noise output caused by mechanical vibration, the InfraTec LMM-244 Series pyroelectric detectors have a noise density of less than 22 µV/Ö Hz. The quad-color TO8-packaged device has 2 ...

Electrical engineers at Duke University report they have built a record-setting pyroelectric photodetector that uses trapped light in a plasmonic nanogap to capture a signal in just 125 picoseconds ...

Spectrometers are used worldwide under diverse climatic conditions. Their dependable performance relies on the integrated pyroelectric detector's ability to withstand fluctuating environmental ...

Pyroelectric materials are able to convert any incident radiation into a signal, allowing them to sense wavelengths from UV through to THz. DLaTGS in particular is very sensitive, meaning a higher ...

Prof. LONG Shibing and his team from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) proposed a novel strategy for high-energy photon detector with ...

Metasurfaces featuring tailored silver nanocubes could allow thermal photodetectors to approach speeds akin to traditional digital cameras. (Nanowerk News) Electrical engineers at Duke University have ...

A metasurface-enhanced thermal photodetector achieves 125 picosecond response times, approaching semiconductor speeds without external power or cooling while retaining broad wavelength flexibility.