HgCdTe infrared detectors

Opto-Electronics Review

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 159-174

  Norton, P ^a  

^a RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Focal plane arrays; HgCdTe photoconductors and photodiodes; HgCdTe single crystals and epitaxial layers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038668533     PISSN: 12303402     EISSN: 18963757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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