Toward very large format infrared detector arrays

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6800, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Gunapala, S D ^a   Bandara, S V ^a   Liu, J K ^a   Mumolo, J M ^a   Hill, C J ^a   Ting, D Z ^a   Kurth, E ^a   Woolaway, J ^b   LeVan, P D ^c   Tidrow, M Z ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b FLIR Systems Inc   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dualband; Focal plane arrays; Infrared detectors; Infrared imaging; Maga pixel; QWIP; Two color

Indexed keywords

FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS; INFRARED IMAGING; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SUPERLATTICES;

LONG-WAVELENGTH INFRARED (LWIR); MEGA-PIXEL; MID-WAVELENGTH INFRARED (MWIR);

INFRARED DETECTORS;

EID: 41149158805     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.753485     Document Type: Conference Paper

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