• DocumentCode
    1023972
  • Title

    High-resolution 3-5 μm/8-12 μm dual-band quantum well infrared photodetector array

  • Author

    Schneider, H. ; Maier, T. ; Fleissner, J. ; Walther, M. ; Koidl, P. ; Weimann, G. ; Cabanski, W. ; Finck, M. ; Menger, P. ; Rode, W. ; Ziegler, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Fraunhofer Inst. for Appl. Solid State Phys., Freiburg, Germany
  • Volume
    40
  • Issue
    13
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    6/24/2004 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    831
  • Lastpage
    833
  • Abstract
    A dual-band focal plane array (FPA) for the 8-12 μm and 3-5 μm atmospheric windows with simultaneous integration in both spectral bands on each pixel is reported. The FPA is based on quantum well infrared photodetectors and comprises 384×288 pixels with 40 μm pitch. At 7.6 ms integration time and an f/2 aperture, the FPA achieves excellent thermal resolution with noise-equivalent temperature differences of 17 mK (3-5 μm) and 43 mK (8-12 μm).
  • Keywords
    focal planes; infrared detectors; photodetectors; quantum well devices; 3 to 5 micron; 40 micron; 7.6 ms; 8 to 12 micron; atmospheric window; dual band focal plane array; dual band quantum well infrared photodetector array; noise equivalent temperature; spectral bands; thermal resolution;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20040555
  • Filename
    1309748