Thermal effects in Hg-diffused long-wave infrared HgCdTe photodiodes
- 1 January 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 71 (1) , 483-488
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.350681
Abstract
Experimental current–versus–bias‐voltage data obtained on Hg‐diffused, p‐n homojunction, infrared photodiodes are critically examined against a theoretical model. A satisfactory agreement between measured and predicted data requires that the thermal impedance of the device be included into the model. Thermal calculations confirm the magnitude of the thermal impedance suggested by the model. Values of several thousand K/W are possible for front‐side‐illuminated detectors.This publication has 18 references indexed in Scilit:
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