Computer study of nonlinearity in constant current biased mercury-cadmium-telluride detectors

Optical Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3491-3497

  Alam, Mohammad S ^a   Predina, Joseph P ^b  

^a University of South Alabama   (United States)

^b ITT Industries   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); COMPUTER SIMULATION; DETECTORS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; INTERFEROMETRY; MEASUREMENT ERRORS;

MERCURY CADMIUM TELLURIDE DETECTORS; PHOTOCONDUCTIVE DETECTORS; THIRD ORDER PARAMETRIC EQUATION;

PHOTOCONDUCTING DEVICES;

EID: 1642299785     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1621875     Document Type: Article

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