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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
May. 24, 2007
Karl Fleury-frenette, Seraing, BE;
Serge Habraken, Comblain-au-Pont, BE;
Yvon Renotte, Embourg, BE;
Jurij Hastanin, Seraing, BE;
Karl Fleury-Frenette, Seraing, BE;
Serge Habraken, Comblain-au-Pont, BE;
Yvon Renotte, Embourg, BE;
Jurij Hastanin, Seraing, BE;
Université de Liège, Angleur, BE;
Abstract
A first object of the invention is a radiation detector comprising an energy absorber (), for absorbing incident radiation (RAD) and thus undergoing a temperature increase; and optical readout means, for detecting said temperature increase; wherein said optical readout means comprises input coupling means () for coupling a light beam () to said energy absorber () by exciting surface plasmons resonance, a surface plasmons resonance condition being dependent on the energy absorber () temperature, and wherein said energy absorber () is separated from said input coupling means () by a dielectric layer (). A second object of the invention is a micromechanical sensor comprising: a micromechanical oscillator and optical readout means () for detecting a displacement of said micromechanical oscillator; wherein said optical readout means comprise input coupling means () for coupling a light beam () to a conductive surface () by exciting surface plasmons resonance, a surface plasmons resonance condition being dependent on the displacement of said micromechanical oscillator.