Monolithic uncooled IR detectors of polycrystalline PbSe. A real alternative

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6542, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Vergara, G ^a   Gomez L J ^a   Villamayor, V ^a   Alvarez M ^a   Torquemada, M C ^a   Rodrigo, M T ^a   Verdu M ^a   Sanchez F J ^a   Almazan R M ^a   Plaza, J ^a   Rodriguez P ^a   Catalan I ^a   Gutierrez, R ^a   Montojo, M T ^a   Serra Graells, F ^b   Margarit, J M ^b   Teres L ^b  

^a DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE MICROELECTRÓNICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

FPA; Infrared; Monolithic; PbSe; Uncooled

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS; LEAD COMPOUNDS; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; VAPOR DEPOSITION;

READ OUT ELECTRONICS; VAPOR PHASE DEPOSITION;

INFRARED DETECTORS;

EID: 35649020300     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.719189     Document Type: Conference Paper

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