HgCdTe photoconductive detector array

An Hg
0.8
Cd
0.2
Te photoconductive array of 200 elements has been developed. The array has uniform detectivity and the mean value of D
^*
(12 µm, 1000, 1) field of view (FOV) 50° at 77 K is 3.2 × 10
¹⁰
cm. Hz
^1/2
. W
^-1
. The array was successfully fabricated under severe control of thermal flow during crystallization, carrier control by doping of indium impurity, and assembly of four chips each with 50 elements.