Uncooled long wave infrared photodetectors with optimized spectral response at selected spectral ranges

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5783, Issue PART II, 2005, Pages 616-624

  Piotrowski, J ^a   Orman, Z ^b   Nowak, Z ^b   Pawluczyk, J ^b   Pietrzak, J ^c   Piotrowski, A ^b   Szabra, D ^a  

^a Military Institute of Armament Technology   (Poland)

^b VIGO SYSTEM S A   (Poland)

^c MILITARY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Hg1 xCdxTe; Infrared detectors; Multispectral devices; Photoconductors

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; COOLING; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INFRARED RADIATION; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; METALLORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; PHOTOCONDUCTING MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

BAND GAP; EPITAXIAL TECHNIQUES; HG1-XCDXTE; MULTISPECTRAL DEVICES;

INFRARED DETECTORS;

EID: 26444605792     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.606244     Document Type: Conference Paper

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