DocumentCode
1041690
Title
Germanium nonscanned infrared image converter
Author
Dueker, James E. ; Glaenzer, Richard H. ; Saum, George A.
Author_Institution
McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company, St. Louis, Mo.
Volume
18
Issue
11
fYear
1971
fDate
11/1/1971 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1108
Lastpage
1112
Abstract
Infrared image converters using nickel and gold doped germanium have been built. These devices provide image brightness up to 1 fL and resolution of 25 line pairs/cm. The devices are within a factor of 100 and 10, respectively, of "seeing" 2-5 µm radiation from an ambient temperature (∼ 300 ° K) scene. Copper doped germanium was also studied, but was found to have a low breakdown voltage rendering it unuasble for these devices.
Keywords
Brightness; Copper; Germanium; Gold; Image converters; Image resolution; Infrared imaging; Layout; Nickel; Temperature;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9383
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/T-ED.1971.17338
Filename
1476660
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