Progress with type-II superlattice IR detector arrays

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6542, Issue I, 2007, Pages

  Rhiger, David R ^a   Kvaas, Robert E ^a   Harris, Sean F ^a   Bornfreund, Richard E ^a,c   Thai, Yen N ^a   Hill, Cory J ^b   Li, Jian V ^b   Gunapala, Sarath D ^b   Mumolo, Jason M ^b  

^a RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c FLIR Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Current voltage characteristics; Focal plane array; Imaging; InAs GaSb; LWIR; Type II superlattice

Indexed keywords

CURRENT-VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; LONG WAVELENGTH INFRARED (LWIR); SURFACE PASSIVATION; VIDEO IMAGING;

ETCHING; FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS; PIXELS; SILICA; SUPERLATTICES; WAVELENGTH;

INFRARED DETECTORS;

EID: 35648932553     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.716101     Document Type: Conference Paper

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