Theory of photoresponse of low-background IR detectors

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3122, Issue , 1997, Pages 441-452

  Fouks, Boris I ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF RADIO ENGINEERING AND ELECTRONICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Contact effects; Long term current relaxation; Low background IR detectors; Transient photoresponse

Indexed keywords

INFRARED DETECTORS; PROGRAMMING THEORY; REMOTE SENSING;

CONTACT EFFECTS; LONG-TERM CURRENT RELAXATION; LOW-BACKGROUND IR DETECTORS; TRANSIENT PHOTORESPONSE; TRANSIENT PROCESSES;

DETECTORS;

EID: 0041525736     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.292712     Document Type: Conference Paper

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