Chemical beam epitaxy of HgCdTe

Abstract
The capability of chemical beam epitaxy to address the critical material issues of the growth and doping of Hg1-xCdxTe is discussed in conjunction with its advantages for enhanced compositional and growth rate control. The potential of this technique is demonstrated from a review of the electronic and photoconductive properties of narrow-bandgap alloys (x<0.3) and preliminary studies of the n-type iodine doping of CdTe.