ANTENNA-COUPLED HIGH-T-C BOLOMETERS FOR VISIBLE AND NEAR-INFRARED DETECTION USING ORGANIC-DYES AS LIGHT-HARVESTING LAYERS

Antenna-coupled high-T-c bolometers fabricated from YBa2Cu3O7-delta th in films have been prepared using molecular organic dyes. Light-harves ting layers derived from these visible and near-infrared absorbers hav e been utilized to produce detectors which exhibit wavelength-selectiv e response characteristics in the visible and near-infrared spectral r egions. Using such hybrid structures, initial studies documenting effi cient energy transfer between molecular dye layers and superconductor surfaces have been completed. (C) 1996 American Institute of Physics.