Infrared Detectors : Papers Presented at a Meeting of the U.S. Speciality Group on Infrared Detectors

Infrared Detectors is a collection of papers presented at a meeting of the U.S. Speciality Group on Infrared Detectors and deals with a variety of topics related to infrared detectors, such as PbSnTe diodes and detectors, charge coupled devices (CCD), photodiodes, and HgCdTe photoconductive detectors. This text has 11 chapters; the first of which investigates the effects of ionizing radiation on CCDs in order to assess their signal processing advantages in a high natural (Van Allen belt) or artificially induced radiation environment. Attention then turns to defects suffered by n-type HgCdTe due to electron irradiation; thermal recovery processes in HgCdTe and PbSnTe photovoltaic detectors; and thermal limitations in PbSnTe detectors. The following papers present experiments that examine the performance of PbSnTe diodes at moderately reduced backgrounds; preparation of vapor grown lead-tin telluride for 8–14 micrometer photodiodes; and detectivity limits for diffused junction PbSnTe detectors. The optical immersion of HgCdTe photoconductive detectors and far infrared atmospheric transmission measurements conducted in North-Norway are also addressed. This book will be of interest to researchers and students who want to have a better understanding of how infrared detectors work. Content: Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv GAMMA NOISE IN CCDs , Pages 249-258 , G.W. AUTIO, M.A. BAFICO MODEL FOR DEFECTS IN HgCdTe DUE TO ELECTRON IRRADIATION , Pages 259-264 , R.E. LEADON, C.E. MALLON EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF LASER INDUCED TEMPORARY DEGRADATION IN PHOTOVOLTAIC PbSnTe AND HgCdTe DIODES , Pages 265-269 , R. ALLEN, L. ESTEROWITZ, M. KRUER, F. BARTOLI THERMAL LIMITATIONS IN PbSnTe DETECTORS , Pages 271-277 , L.H. DeVAUX, H. KIMURA, M.J. SHEETS, F.J. RENDA, J.R. BALON, P.S. CHIA, A.H. LOCKWOOD PERFORMANCE OF PbSnTe DIODES AT MODERATELY REDUCED BACKGROUNDS , Pages 279-285 , P.S. CHIA, J.R. BALON, A.H. LOCKWOOD, D.M. RANDALL, F.J. RENDA, L.H. DeVAUX, H. KIMURA ADVANCES IN Hg IMPLANTED Hg 1- x Cd x Te PHOTOVOLTAIC DETECTORS , Pages 287-293 , G. FIORITO, G. GASPARRINI, F. SVELTO PLANAR Pb 0·8 Sn 0·2 Te PHOTODIODE ARRAY DEVELOPMENT AT THE NIGHT VISION LABORATORY , Pages 295-301 , P. LOVECCHIO, M. JASPER, J.T. COX, M.B. GARBER PREPARATION OF VAPOR GROWN LEAD–TIN TELLURIDE FOR 8–14 MICROMETER PHOTODIODES , Pages 303-309 , A. BRADFORD, E. WENTWORTH EVALUATION OF Pb 0·8 Sn 0·2 Te DETECTOR FABRICATION USING SURFACE ANALYSIS , Pages 311-315 , R. LONGSHORE, M. JASPER, B. SUMNER, P. LoVECCHIO DETECTIVITY LIMITS FOR DIFFUSED JUNCTION PbSnTe DETECTORS , Pages 317-329 , M.R. JOHNSON, R.A. CHAPMAN, J.S. WROBEL SOME PROPERTIES OF PHOTOVOLTAIC Cd x Hg 1- x Te DETECTORS FOR INFRARED RADIATION , Pages 331-337 , J.M. PAWLIKOWSKI, P. BECLA OPTICAL IMMERSION OF HgCdTe PHOTOCONDUCTIVE DETECTORS , Pages 339-340 , JOSEPH E. SLAWEK Jr., HAROLD H. RANDALL FAR INFRARED ATMOSPHERIC TRANSMISSION MEASUREMENTS IN NORTH-NORWAY , Page 341 , G. DALL'OGLIO, I. PIPPI, F. KLOKKERVOLL, S. SIVERTSEN