Uncooled MWIR and LWIR photodetectors in Poland

Opto-Electronics Review

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 318-327

  Piotrowski, J ^a   Pawluczyk, J ^a   Piotrowski, A ^a   Gawron, W ^b   Romanis, M ^a   Klos K ^a  

^a VIGO SYSTEM S A   (Poland)

^b MILITARY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

graded gap structures; HgCdTe; infrared photodetectors; uncooled detection

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM METALLOGRAPHY; CARRIER MOBILITY; COOLING; COOLING SYSTEMS; ENERGY GAP; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; INFRARED DETECTORS; MERCURY AMALGAMS; NARROW BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTOR ALLOYS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; THERMAL MANAGEMENT (ELECTRONICS);

GAP STRUCTURES; HGCDTE; HIGH QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; INFRARED PHOTODETECTOR; NARROW-GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; OPTOELECTRONIC SYSTEMS; PHOTOGENERATED CHARGE CARRIERS; UNCOOLED;

INFRARED RADIATION;

EID: 85027926786     PISSN: 12303402     EISSN: 18963757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11772-010-1022-y     Document Type: Article

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