Narrow-Gap Semiconductor Photodiodes (SPIE Press Monograph Vol. PM77)

In this monograph, investigations of the performance of narrow-gap semiconductor photodiodes are presented, and recent progress in different IR photodiode technologies is discussed: HgCdTe photodiodes, InSb photodiodes, alternatives to HgCdTe III-V and II-VI ternary alloy photodiodes, lead chalcogenide photodiodes, and a new class of photodiodes based on two dimensional solids. Investigations of the performance of photodiodes operated in different spectral regions are presented.

Contents

- Preface
- Introduction
- Narrow-Gap Semiconductor Materials
- Generation-Recombination Processes: Carrier Lifetime
- Operating Principles of Photodiodes
- Focal Plane Arrays
- III-V Photodiodes
- HgCdTe Photodiodes
- HgZnTe and HgMnTe Photodiodes
- Lead Salts Photodiodes
- Superlattice Photodiodes
- Final Remarks
- Index