Towards dualband megapixel QWIP focal plane arrays

Infrared Physics and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 217-226

  Gunapala, S D ^a   Bandara, S V ^a   Liu, J K ^a   Mumolo, J M ^a   Hill, C J ^a   Rafol, S B ^b   Salazar, D ^c   Woolaway, J ^c   LeVan, P D ^d   Tidrow, M Z ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Infravision Systems   (United States)

^c FLIR Systems Inc   (United States)

^d AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dualband; Focal plane arrays; Infrared detectors; Infrared imaging; Multi band; Quantum wells; QWIP; Two color

Indexed keywords

INFRARED DETECTORS; INFRARED IMAGING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PIXELS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

DUALBAND; MULTI-BAND; QWIP; TWO-COLOR;

FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS;

EID: 34047154471     PISSN: 13504495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infrared.2006.10.005     Document Type: Article

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