Further characterization of rockwell scientific LWIR HgCdTe detector arrays

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5563, Issue , 2004, Pages 35-45

  Bacon, Candice M ^a   McMurtry, Craig W ^a   Pipher, Judith L ^a   Forrest, William J ^a   Garnett, James D ^b   Lee, Donald ^b   Edwall, Dennis D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b ROCKWELL SCIENTIFIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dark Current; Diode Characterization; HgCdTe; Infrared Space Missions; Long Wave Infrared (LWIR) Detector; Passive Cooling

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; CAPACITANCE; COOLING; INFRARED DETECTORS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SPACE APPLICATIONS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

DARK CURRENT; DIODE CHARACTERIZATION; HGCDTE; INFRARED SPACE MISSIONS; LONG WAVE INFRARED (LWIR) DETECTORS; PASSIVE COOLING;

MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

EID: 15844396814     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.558804     Document Type: Conference Paper

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