Modeling of the nonlinear response of the intrinsic HgCdTe photoconductor by a two-level rate equation with a finite number of carriers available for photoexcitation

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 4819-4826

  Hansen, René S ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL SENSORS; SHOT NOISE; THERMOELECTRICITY; TRANSPARENCY;

PHOTOEXCITATION;

PHOTOCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

EID: 0042788116     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.004819     Document Type: Article

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