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Defect Engineering in Epitaxially Grown Cd(Zn)Te Thin Films on Lattice-Mismatch Substrates
II–VI (Hg)(Cd)(Zn)Te semiconductors are significant materials with a wide range of applications in high-end infrared (IR) sensing/imaging, radiation detectors, and solar cells. However, due to the soft and bri...
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3D Printed Fabry–Pérot Filters for Terahertz Spectral Range
3D printing is evolving into a standard tool for prototy** various optical components suitable for application in the terahertz range of the electromagnetic spectrum. This work takes the next step in this ev...
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Correction to: Mechanical properties of thermally evaporated germanium (Ge) and barium fluoride (BaF2) thin-films
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Mechanical properties of thermally evaporated germanium (Ge) and barium fluoride (BaF2) thin-films
Elastic modulus and hardness of thin-films are critically important in determining the behaviour of free-standing actuatable microstructures. In this study, nanoindentation has been used to investigate the mec...
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Large area van der Waals epitaxy of II–VI CdSe thin films for flexible optoelectronics and full-color imaging
The demand for future semiconductor devices with enhanced performance and lower cost has driven the development of epitaxial growth of high quality, free-standing semiconductor thin film materials without the ...
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Open AccessUltrathin tunable terahertz absorber based on MEMS-driven metamaterial
The realization of high-performance tunable absorbers for terahertz frequencies is crucial for advancing applications such as single-pixel imaging and spectroscopy. Based on the strong position sensitivity of ...
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Theoretical Study of Midwave Infrared HgCdTe nBn Detectors Operating at Elevated Temperatures
We report a theoretical study of mercury cadmium telluride (HgCdTe) unipolar n-type/barrier/n-type (nBn) detectors for midwave infrared (MWIR) applications at elevated temperatures. The results obtained indicate ...
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Modeling and Design of a Thin-Film CdTe/Ge Tandem Solar Cell
Thin-film cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar cells have found widespread application, with current commercially available module efficiencies reaching 14.4% and production costs falling as low as
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New resonant cavity-enhanced absorber structures for mid-infrared detector applications
A new dielectric Fabry–Perot cavity was designed for a resonant enhancing optical absorption by a thin absorber layer embedded into the cavity. In this cavity, the front mirror is a subwavelength grating with ...
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Multi-heterojunction large area HgCdTe long wavelength infrared photovoltaic detector for operation at near room temperatures
This paper describes a new multi-heterojunction n +pp photovoltaic infrared photodetector. The device has been developed specifically for operation at temperatures of 200–300K in the long waveleng...