Prospects for large format IR astronomy FPAs using MBE-grown HgCdTe detectors with cutoff wavelength > 4 μm

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3354, Issue , 1998, Pages 77-86

  Bailey, Robert B ^a   Arias, Jose M ^a   McLevige, William V ^a   Pasko, John G ^a   Chen, Annie C ^a   Cabelli, Craig A ^a   Kozlowski, Lester J ^a   Vural, Kadri ^a   Wu, Jian ^b   Forrest, William J ^b   Pipher, Judith L ^b  

^a ROCKWELL SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

FPA; HgCdTe; Infrared; IR astronomy; MBE

Indexed keywords

FPA; HGCDTE; INFRARED; IR ASTRONOMY; MBE;

ASTROPHYSICS; CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CAPACITANCE; CRYSTAL GROWTH; DEFECT DENSITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FABRICATION; FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS; HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; IONIZATION OF GASES; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; MOLECULAR BEAMS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PASSIVATION; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

DETECTORS;

EID: 0010943632     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.317331     Document Type: Conference Paper

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