This article presents a review on the current status, challenges, and potential future
development opportunities for HgCdTe infrared materials and detector technology. A brief …

Unipolar barrier structures are used to suppress dark current in photodetectors by blocking
majority carriers. Designing unipolar barriers with conventional materials is challenging due …

In 1959, Lawson and co-workers published the paper which triggered development of
variable band gap Hg 1− x Cd x Te (HgCdTe) alloys providing an unprecedented degree of …

Infrared (IR) detectors have important applications in numerous civil and military sectors.
HgCdTe is one of the most important materials for IR detector manufacture. This review …

In 1959, Lawson and co-workers publication triggered development of variable band gap Hg
1− x Cd x Te (HgCdTe) alloys providing an unprecedented degree of freedom in infrared …

A unipolar, barrier-integrated HgCdTe nBn photodetector with all n-type do** and a type-I
band lineup is experimentally demonstrated. Planar mid-wave infrared (MWIR) nBn devices …

At present, uncooled thermal detector focal plane arrays are successfully used in staring
thermal imagers. However, the performance of thermal detectors is modest, they suffer from …

A dedicated mission to investigate exoplanetary atmospheres represents a major milestone
in our quest to understand our place in the universe by placing our Solar System in context …

Delta-doped layers together with compositionally grading have been utilized to get nBn
configurations for the HgCdTe material system in all the short-wave (SWIR), medium-wave …

Throughout, both the Auger-suppression effect and barrier-blocking devices have been
regarded as highly promising solutions for achieving high-operation-temperature (HOT) in …