Antimonide-based infrared detectors : a new perspective /
"Among the many materials investigated in the infrared (IR) field, narrow-gap semiconductors are the most important in IR photon detector family. Although the first widely used narrow-gap materials were lead salts (during the 1950s, IR detectors were built using single-element-cooled PbS and Pb...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Bellingham, Washington, USA :
SPIE Press,
[2018]
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| Summary: | "Among the many materials investigated in the infrared (IR) field, narrow-gap semiconductors are the most important in IR photon detector family. Although the first widely used narrow-gap materials were lead salts (during the 1950s, IR detectors were built using single-element-cooled PbS and PbSe photoconductive detectors, primary for anti-missile seekers), this semiconductor family was not well distinguished. This situation seems to have resulted from two reasons: the preparation process of lead salt photoconductive polycrystalline detectors was not well understood and could only be reproduced with well-tried recipes; and the theory of narrow-gap semiconductor bandgap structure was not well known for correct interpretation of the measured transport and photoelectrical properties of these materials"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 273 pages ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781510611399 1510611398 |