Modeling of the temperature-dependent spectral response of In1-χGaχSb infrared photodetectors

Optical Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  González Cuevas, Juan A ^a   Refaat, Tamer F ^b   Abedin, M Nurul ^c   Elsayed Ali, Hani E ^a  

^a Old Dominion University   (United States)

^b SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical properties; InGaSb; Optical properties; Photodetectors; Spectral response; Temperature effect

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; INFRARED DEVICES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTIMIZATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ELECTRO-OPTICAL BEHAVIOR; INFRARED PHOTODETECTORS; SPECTRAL RESPONSE;

PHOTODETECTORS;

EID: 33748586747     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2192772     Document Type: Article

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