Sprite Detectors And Staring Arrays In Hgl_xCdxTe

C. T. Elliott

doi:10.1117/12.944263

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3 May 1988 Sprite Detectors And Staring Arrays In Hg_l-xCd_xTe

C. T. Elliott

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Proceedings Volume 0890, Infrared Systems and Components II; (1988) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.944263
Event: 1988 Los Angeles Symposium: O-E/LASE '88, 1988, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

The evolution of the Sprite detector from its invention in 1974 to the present is reviewed. The use of anamorphic optics to reduce the effects of carrier diffusion, together with changes to the device shape has produced very high spatial resolution. Improved material and two-dimensional structures have further increased the thermal sensitivity. A brief description of the technology for two-dimensional, electronically addressed diode arrays is also given, together with a discussion of the mechanism of p to n type conversion.

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C. T. Elliott "Sprite Detectors And Staring Arrays In Hg_l-xCd_xTe", Proc. SPIE 0890, Infrared Systems and Components II, (3 May 1988); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.944263

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