UNCOOLED THERMAL IR DETECTOR ARRAYS

This paper analyzes the publications on uncooled thermal IR detector a rrays, the main problems of creating the arrays, their layout and mate rials, and the technology for fabricating microbolometric, pyroelectri c, and thermoelectric arrays, as well as the thermal-vision devices ba sed on them. The advantages and prospects of the wide use of uncooled thermal arrays in the 8-14-mu m region are discussed. (C) 1997 The Opt ical Society of America.