The Future of Single-to Multi-Band Detector Technologies

Future Trends in Microelectronics: Up the Nano Creek

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 335-346

  Abedin, M N ^a   Bhat, I ^b   Gunapala, S D ^c   Bandara, S V ^c   Refaat, T F ^d   Sandford, S P ^a   Singh, U N ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Detector technologies; Focal plane arrays; Multiband detector arrays; Multicolor FPA detectors; Wavelength detectors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889418124     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470168264.ch30     Document Type: Chapter

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