Patent ID: 6750438
Filing Date: 2004-06-15
Classification: B82Y,G01J,H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
An optical detector system, comprising:means for supplying electrons, said means for supplying electrons being substantially transparent to radiation energy having a wavelength of interest, said means for supplying also being electrically resistive; a voltage source for applying a bias voltage to said means for supplying; means for transferring electrons, said means for transferring having a first end and a second end, said means for transferring having said first end thereof spaced apart from said means for supplying electrons by an evacuated gap wherein, when the radiation energy passes through said means for supplying with the bias voltage being applied thereto, transfer of electrons through said means for transferring is induced from said first end to said second end thereof, wherein said means for transferring comprises a carbon nanotube (CNT); and detection means, electrically coupled to said second end of said means for transferring, for detecting a quantity indicative of the electrons transferred through said means for transferring.