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Monolithic infrared sensor array in heteroepitaxial Pb/sub 1-x/Sn/sub x/Se on Si with 12-mu m cutoff wavelength

Maissen et al., 1989

Document ID
18127201604336151627
Author
Maissen C
Zogg H
Masek J
Blunier S
Lambrecht A
Bottner H
Publication year
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IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

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An array of photovoltaic infrared sensors with cutoff wavelengths as high as 12 mu m has been fabricated in a narrow-gap semiconductor layer (Pb/sub 1-x/Sn/sub x/Se, LTS) grown heteroepitaxially on Si. The LTS sensors are diffusion noise current limited down to 95 K …
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