Studies on test and evaluation of N+-P junction silicon photo-detectors for space qualification

Journal of Spacecraft Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-55

  Karanth, Shivaprasad ^a   Sharma, S V K ^a,b   Nagendra, C L ^a,c  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^b LEOS ^*

^c Laboratory for Electro Optics Systems   (India)

Author keywords

Photo detectors; Qualification; Space application

Indexed keywords

OPTO-ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; QUALIFICATION; SILICON PHOTO-DETECTORS; SPACE APPLICATION;

CURRENT DENSITY; FOUNDRY PRACTICE; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SILICON SENSORS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

PHOTODETECTORS;

EID: 33645318462     PISSN: 09711600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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