Sensors: Narrow Band, Broad Band and Low Pass Metal Mesh Filters for sensors in the IR to THz region and instant multiple wavelength detection of chemical agents [NJIT_FY05_015]

NSF-0514361这项研究计划将开发基于集成电路微结构技术的传感器用红外滤光片的新概念。这些组件将用于红外至毫米波，用于天体物理、行星和空间科学中的遥感仪器。红外过滤器在每个红外传感器上发挥着不可或缺的作用，无论是地面还是便携式、机载和/或太空任务，但目前是美国红外线技术基础设施中的薄弱环节。该集团使用最先进的建模和制造来进行开发。该计划将开发和测试适用于从可见光到太赫兹区域的广泛监测和检测系统的所有类型的光谱传感器的操作过滤器。这项跨学科的建议是将波传播的基本原理与应用于3-D周期性混合结构相结合，以产生一种满足各种传感器需求的坚固技术。这项研究将使光谱滤光器、分光器和合并器以及新型成像设备的新型三维设计成为可能。此外，该项目将通过两个新模块纳入NJIT光学科学与工程(OPSE)的跨学科计划。该项目面向整个校园的大四学生和一年级毕业生，将设计和实验室工作结合在一起。

AbstractNSF-0514361Grebel, HaimThis research program will develop new concepts for producing infrared filters for sensors based on integrated circuit microstructure technology. These components will be used in infrared through millimeter wave applications for remote sensing instruments in astrophysics, planetary, and space science. Infrared filters play an integral role on every infrared sensor, ground-based or portable, airborne and/or space mission, yet are currently a weak link in the US infrared technology infrastructure. The group uses state-of-the-art modeling and fabrication to undertake the development. The plan is to develop and test filters for operation of all types of spectral sensors applied to a broad range of monitoring and detection systems from the visible to the THz region.This interdisciplinary proposal is combines fundamentals of wave propagation with applications to 3-D periodic hybrid structures to produce a robust technology that serves a wide rating of sensor needs. The study will enable novel three-dimensional design of spectral filters, splitters and combiners and novel imaging devices. In addition this project will be incorporated into the interdisciplinary program of Optical Science and Engineering (OPSE) at NJIT through two new modules. The program is geared to seniors and first year graduates across the campus and combines design and laboratory work.