HgCdTe photodiodes with cutoff wavelengths of 17 um at 70 K for use in high-resolution interferometers for remote sensing

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3122, Issue , 1997, Pages 355-372

  Krueger, Eric E ^a   Lee, D ^a   Miller, Christopher R ^a   Terzis, C L ^a   O'Dette, P ^a   Denley, Brian ^a   Rutter Jr , James H ^a   Williams, Janis L ^a   Reine, Marion B ^a  

^a Lockheed Martin IR Imaging Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

HgCdTe; IMG 2; Infrared detectors; Interferometers; Linearity; Mercury cadmium telluride; Photovoltaic detectors

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; INFRARED DETECTORS; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; LINEARIZATION; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; REMOTE SENSING; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

HGCDTE; IMG-2; LINEARITY; MERCURY CADMIUM TELLURIDE; PHOTOVOLTAIC DETECTORS;

DETECTORS;

EID: 0343187253     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.292700     Document Type: Conference Paper

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