Comparison of HgCdTe and QWIP dual-band focal plane arrays

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4369, Issue , 2001, Pages 532-546

  Goldberg, A C ^a   Kennerly, S W ^a   Little, J W ^a   Pollehn, H K ^a   Shafer, T A ^b   Mears, C L ^b   Schaake, H F ^b   Winn, M ^c   Taylor, M ^c   Uppal, P N ^c  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b DRS Infrared Technology   (United States)

^c BAE SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Compare; Dual band; Focal plane array; HgCdTe; Infrared; Quantum well

Indexed keywords

INFRARED IMAGING; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; OHMIC CONTACTS; OPTIMIZATION; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

ALUMINUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS; LONG WAVE INFRARED; MERCURY CADMIUM TELLURIDE; MIDWAVE INFRARED;

INFRARED DETECTORS;

EID: 0037744208     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.445313     Document Type: Article

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