Comparison of HgCdTe and quantum-well infrared photodetector dual-band focal plane arrays

Optical Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 30-46

  Goldberg, Arnold C ^a   Kennerly, Stephen W ^a   Little, John W ^a   Shafer, Thomas A ^b   Mears, C Lynn ^b   Schaake, Herbert F ^b   Winn, Michael ^c   Taylor, Michael ^c   Uppal, Parvez N ^c  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b DRS Infrared Technology   (United States)

^c BAE SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Focal plane arrays; Photodetectors; Quantum wells

Indexed keywords

IMAGING SYSTEMS; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL SENSORS; OPTICAL TESTING; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS; LONG WAVE INFRARED; MEDIUM WAVE INFRARED; MERCURY CADMIUM TELLURIDE PHOTODETECTOR; QUANTUM WELL INFRARED PHOTODETECTOR;

INFRARED DETECTORS;

EID: 0037257902     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1526106     Document Type: Article

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