Mercury–cadmium–telluride thin layers as subterahertz and infrared detectors

Fedir F. Sizov; Zinoviia F. Tsybrii; Vyacheslav V. Zabudsky; Oleksandr G. Golenkov; Volodymyr A. Petryiakov; Sergey A. Dvoretsky; Nikolai Michailov; Anna V. Shevchik-Shekera; Ihor O. Lysiuk; Ernesto Dieguez

doi:10.1117/1.OE.54.12.127102

10 December 2015 Mercury–cadmium–telluride thin layers as subterahertz and infrared detectors

Fedir F. Sizov, Zinoviia F. Tsybrii, Vyacheslav V. Zabudsky, Oleksandr G. Golenkov, Volodymyr A. Petryiakov, Sergey A. Dvoretsky, Nikolai Michailov, Anna V. Shevchik-Shekera, Ihor O. Lysiuk, Ernesto Dieguez

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 54, Issue 12, 127102 (December 2015). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.54.12.127102

Abstract

Issues associated with the development and exploitation of infrared (IR) and terahertz (THz) radiation detectors based on a narrow-gap “HgCdTe” semiconductor have been discussed. This mercury–cadmium–telluride (MCT) semiconductor can be applied for two-color detector operation in IR and sub-THz spectral ranges. Two-color uncooled and cooled down to 78 K narrow-gap MCT semiconductor thin layers grown using the liquid phase epitaxy or molecular beam epitaxy methods on high-resistive “CdZnTe” or “GaAs” substrates, with bow-type antennas, have been considered both as sub-THz direct detection bolometers and 3 to 10 μm IR photoconductors. Their room temperature noise equivalent power at the frequency ν≈140 GHz and signal-to-noise ratio at the spectral sensitivity maximum under monochromatic (spectral resolution ∼0.1 μm) globar illumination reached the following values; ∼4.5×10−¹⁰ W/Hz^1/2 and ∼50, respectively. Aspheric lenses used for obtaining the images in the sub-THz spectral region were designed and manufactured. With these detectors, about 140 and 270 GHz imaging data have been demonstrated.

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Fedir F. Sizov, Zinoviia F. Tsybrii, Vyacheslav V. Zabudsky, Oleksandr G. Golenkov, Volodymyr A. Petryiakov, Sergey A. Dvoretsky, Nikolai Michailov, Anna V. Shevchik-Shekera, Ihor O. Lysiuk, and Ernesto Dieguez "Mercury–cadmium–telluride thin layers as subterahertz and infrared detectors," Optical Engineering 54(12), 127102 (10 December 2015). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.54.12.127102

Published: 10 December 2015

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