Ultrawideband Metamaterial-Based Array of Cold-Electron Bolometers

In this report we present the concept of a planar array of cold-electron bolometers, which may potentially absorb 50 to 80 percent of the incident terahertz power with linear polarization in the frequency range 50-800 GHz. The array consists of a periodically arranged unit cells each containing a ring with the four bolometers. The performance of the array unit cell is simulated numerically. The experimentally measured frequency response of the bolometric array with 10×10 unit cells in the frequency range 230-370 GHz is presented. (Abstract)