Abstract
Infrared-transparent microheaters have been constructed to reduce the background blackbody radiation produced by the heater. Among other applications, such heaters allow one to probe the high temperature peaks of thermoluminescent(TL) materials. The microheater consists of peripheral platinum heating elements on a mid-infrared transparent alumina platform. Alumina has a relatively low blackbody signal at high temperature for wavelengths less than 8μm. To test the reduced blackbody emission, an aperture was placed over the heating coils and then the transparent center of the microheater. The amount of infrared light transmitted through the aperture was reduced by 90% as the aperture moved from the highly emissive heater coils at 450°C to the largely transparent center at the same temperature.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | 2014 International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics, OMN 2014 - Proceedings |
Publisher | IEEE Computer Society |
Pages | 7-8 |
Number of pages | 2 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780992841423 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 14 2014 |
Event | 2014 International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics, OMN 2014 - Glasgow, United Kingdom Duration: Aug 17 2014 → Aug 21 2014 |
Publication series
Name | International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics |
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ISSN (Print) | 2160-5033 |
ISSN (Electronic) | 2160-5041 |
Other
Other | 2014 International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics, OMN 2014 |
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Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
City | Glasgow |
Period | 8/17/14 → 8/21/14 |
Bibliographical note
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