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Design and Characterization of Fabry–Pérot MEMS-Based Short-Wave Infrared Microspectrometers
Microspectrometers based on the monolithic integration of a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) Fabry–Pérot filter and a Hg x Cd1–x Te-based infrared det...
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Optical and Structural Properties of CdTe Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy at Low Temperature for Resonant-Cavity-Enhanced HgCdTe Detectors
Investigation into resonant-cavity-enhanced (RCE) HgCdTe detectors has revealed a discrepancy in the refractive index of the CdTe layers grown by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) for the detectors, compared with t...
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Effect of High-Density Plasma Process Parameters on Carrier Transport Properties in p-to-n Type Converted Hg0.7Cd0.3Te Layer
Exposure of p-type HgCdTe material to Ar/H2-based plasma is known to result in p-to-n conductivity-type conversion. While this phenomenon is generally undesirable when aiming to perform physical etching for devic...
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Magneto-Transport Characterization of p-Type HgCdTe
The electrical properties of semiconductor materials have conventionally been extracted via Hall measurements performed at a single magnetic field. When applied to a semiconductor such as HgCdTe with mixed con...
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Investigation of 1/f Noise Mechanisms in Midwave Infrared HgCdTe Gated Photodiodes
In this work, gated midwave infrared (MWIR) Hg1–x Cd x Te photodiodes are used to investigate the physical origin of 1/f noise generation. Gated photodio...
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Determination of HgCdTe elasto-plastic properties using nanoindentation
Depth sensing indentation has been used to investigate the elasto-plastic behavior of Hg0.7Cd0.3Te prepared by molecular beam epitaxy, liquid phase epitaxy, as well as of bulk Hg0.7Cd0.3Te prepared by the modifie...
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A monolithically integrated HgCdTe short-wavelength infrared photodetector and micro-electro-mechanical systems-based optical filter
A monolithically integrated low-temperature micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) and HgCdTe infrared (IR) detector technology is introduced, implemented, and characterized. The ultimate aim of this project ...
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High-resolution X-ray diffraction studies of molecular beam epitaxy-grown HgCdTe heterostructures and CdZnTe substrates
Lattice mismatch between substrates and epitaxial layers of different molefractions can create a variety of distortions and defects in Hg(1−x)Cd(x)Te epilayers, thus degrading the performance of infrared detector...
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Mercury cadmium telluride/cadmium telluride distributed bragg reflectors for use with resonant cavity-enhanced detectors
A HgCdTe/CdTe system is investigated for use in distributed Bragg reflectors. The modeled performance is described and compared to an as-grown structure. As-grown 15-layer structures with arithmetically varyin...
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Resonant cavity-enhanced mercury cadmium telluride detectors
The next-generation mercury cadmium telluride (HgCdTe) detectors will need to be able to spectrally resolve images to a degree far exceeding that currently available in two or even three color techniques. Howe...
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Laser-beam-induced current map** of spatial nonuniformities in molecular beam epitaxy As-grown HgCdTe
The formation of dislocations and corresponding built-in electric fields in molecular beam epitaxy (MBE)-grown HgCdTe can have a major impact on the performance and yield of photodetectors fabricated from this...
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Correlation of laser-beam-induced current with current-voltage measurements in HgCdTe photodiodes
Laser-beam-induced current (LBIC) is being investigated as an alternative to electrical measurements of individual photodiodes in a two-dimensional array. This is possible because LBIC only requires two electr...
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Dark currents in long wavelength infrared HgCdTe gated photodiodes
The fabrication of HgCdTe photodiodes using plasma-induced p-to-n type conversion for junction formation shows promise in improving array uniformity and device yields in comparison to more traditional fabricat...
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Minority carrier lifetime and noise in abrupt molecular-beam epitaxy-grown HgCdTe heterostructures
The steady-state lifetime of photogenerated minority carriers has been investigated in heterostructure HgCdTe devices fabricated on molecular-beam epitaxy (MBE) grown material. A wider bandgap cap** layer (Hg(1...
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Small two-dimensional arrays of mid-wavelength infrared HgCdTe diodes fabricated by reactive ion etching-induced p-to-n-type conversion
The reactive ion etching (RIE) technique has been shown to produce high-performance n-on-p junctions by localized-type conversion of p-type mid-wavelength infrared (MWIR) HgCdTe material. This paper presents v...
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HgCdTe long-wavelength infrared photovoltaic detectors fabricated using plasma-induced junction formation technology
A long-wavelength infrared (LWIR) HgCdTe photodiode fabrication process has been developed based on reactive ion etching (RIE) plasma-induced p-to-n type conversion for junction formation. The process has been...
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Planar p-on-n HgCdTe heterojunction mid-wavelength infrared photodiodes formed using plasma-induced junction isolation
Planar p-on-n HgCdTe heterojunction photodiodes have been fabricated using a plasma-induced type conversion process for device junction isolation. The technique is presented as a fully planar alternative techn...
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Thermal Stability in HgCdTe IR Photodiodes
Packaging of HgCdTe photodiode detector arrays in a dewar involves degassing at elevated temperatures for several days so as to achieve vacuum integrity. This sustained exposure to relatively high temperatures...
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Passivation effects on reactive-ion-etch-formed n-on-p junctions in HgCdTe
The formation of n-on-p junctions by reactive ion etching (RIE) of HgCdTe using an H2/CH4 plasma has previously been demonstrated to produce high-performance photodiodes. To fully exploit the inherent advantages ...
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Transport properties of reactive-ion-etching-induced p-to-n type converted layers in HgCdTe
In this work, the effect of the reactive ion etching (RIE)-induced p-to-n type conversion process on the transport properties of HgCdTe is investigated. Magnetic-field-dependent differential Hall and resistivi...