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Title: Time resolved photo-luminescent decay characterization of mercury cadmium telluride focal plane arrays

Abstract

The minority carrier lifetime is a measurable material property that is an indication of infrared detector device performance. To study the utility of measuring the carrier lifetime, an experiment has been constructed that can time resolve the photo-luminescent decay of a detector or wafer sample housed inside a liquid nitrogen cooled Dewar. Motorized stages allow the measurement to be scanned over the sample surface, and spatial resolutions as low as 50µm have been demonstrated. A carrier recombination simulation was developed to analyze the experimental data. Results from measurements performed on 4 mercury cadmium telluride focal plane arrays show strong correlation between spatial maps of the lifetime, dark current, and relative response.

Authors:
 [1]
  1. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1214218
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1214777
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC04-94AL85000
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Optics Express
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 23; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 1094-4087
Publisher:
Optical Society of America (OSA)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; arrays; infrared; detector materials; fluorescent and luminescent materials

Citation Formats

Soehnel, Grant. Time resolved photo-luminescent decay characterization of mercury cadmium telluride focal plane arrays. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1364/OE.23.001256.
Soehnel, Grant. Time resolved photo-luminescent decay characterization of mercury cadmium telluride focal plane arrays. United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.23.001256
Soehnel, Grant. 2015. "Time resolved photo-luminescent decay characterization of mercury cadmium telluride focal plane arrays". United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.23.001256. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1214218.
@article{osti_1214218,
title = {Time resolved photo-luminescent decay characterization of mercury cadmium telluride focal plane arrays},
author = {Soehnel, Grant},
abstractNote = {The minority carrier lifetime is a measurable material property that is an indication of infrared detector device performance. To study the utility of measuring the carrier lifetime, an experiment has been constructed that can time resolve the photo-luminescent decay of a detector or wafer sample housed inside a liquid nitrogen cooled Dewar. Motorized stages allow the measurement to be scanned over the sample surface, and spatial resolutions as low as 50µm have been demonstrated. A carrier recombination simulation was developed to analyze the experimental data. Results from measurements performed on 4 mercury cadmium telluride focal plane arrays show strong correlation between spatial maps of the lifetime, dark current, and relative response.},
doi = {10.1364/OE.23.001256},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1214218}, journal = {Optics Express},
issn = {1094-4087},
number = 2,
volume = 23,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jan 20 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Tue Jan 20 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}

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