History of infrared detectors

Opto-Electronics Review

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 279-308

  Rogalski, A ^a  

^a MILITARY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

focal plane arrays; HgCdTe detectors; lead salt detectors; microbolometers; thermal and photon detectors

Indexed keywords

BOLOMETERS; CADMIUM ALLOYS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ENERGY GAP; FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS; FOCUSING; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; INFRARED RADIATION; IV-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LEAD COMPOUNDS; MERCURY AMALGAMS; MILITARY APPLICATIONS; MILITARY OPERATIONS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTOR ALLOYS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TERNARY ALLOYS; THERMOCOUPLES; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

FABRICATION TECHNIQUE; HGCDTE DETECTORS; HGCDTE TERNARY ALLOY; INFRARED DETECTOR MATERIALS; LEAD SALTS; MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES; MICRO-BOLOMETERS; PHOTON DETECTOR;

INFRARED DETECTORS;

EID: 84864113129     PISSN: 12303402     EISSN: 18963757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11772-012-0037-7     Document Type: Article

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