Material considerations for third generation infrared photon detectors

Infrared Physics and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 240-252

  Rogalski, A ^a  

^a MILITARY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; PHOTOCONDUCTING MATERIALS; PHOTODIODES; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

LONG WAVELENGTH INFRARED (LWIR); QUANTUM WELL PHOTOCONDUCTORS; READOUT CIRCUITS; THIRD GENERATION INFRARED PHOTON DETECTORS;

INFRARED DETECTORS;

EID: 34047092798     PISSN: 13504495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infrared.2006.10.015     Document Type: Article

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