The choice of available infrared (IR) detectors for insertion into modern IR systems is both large and confusing. The purpose of this volume is to provide a technical database from which rational IR detector selection criteria evolve, and thus clarify the options open to the modern IR system designer. Emphasis concentrates mainly on high-performance IR systems operating in a tactical environment, although there also is discussion of both strategic environments and low- to medium-performance system requirements.
Contents
- Introduction
- IR Detector Performance Criteria
- IR Detector Materials: A Technology Comparison
- Intrinsic Direct Bandgap Semiconductors
- HgCdTe: Material of Choice for Tactical Systems
- Uncooled Detection
- HgCdTe Electron Avalanche Photodiodes (EAPDs)
- Future HgCdTe Developments
- Epilogue
- Appendix: Mathcad Program for HgCdTe Diode Dark Current Modeling
- References
- Index
