Low-background infrared hybrid focal plane array characterization

Lester J. Kozlowski; Scott A. Cabelli; Donald E. Cooper; Kadri Vural

doi:10.1117/12.158673

20 October 1993 Low-background infrared hybrid focal plane array characterization

Lester J. Kozlowski, Scott A. Cabelli, Donald E. Cooper, Kadri Vural

Proceedings Volume 1946, Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.158673
Event: Optical Engineering and Photonics in Aerospace Sensing, 1993, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Exploiting hybrid focal plane array methodology and a flexible multiplexing readout, 128 X 128 FPAs were made and directly compared using several short wavelength infrared (SWIR) and long wavelength (LWIR) detector technologies. The detector types include two GaAs/AlGaAs quantum well infrared photodetectors (QWIP), 1.7 micrometers InGaAs/InP, and 2.5 micrometers PV HgCdTe. The tests were performed at operating temperatures ranging from 35 K for the LWIR devices to as high as 175 K for the SWIR FPAs. Highlights include the first FPA demonstrations (to the best of our knowledge) of BLIP-limited detectivity (D*) for both LWIR GaAs/AlGaAs QWIP and 1.7 micrometers PV InGaAs/Inp. The 9 micrometers QWIP peak detectivity is near the theoretical background limit at 1.2 X 10¹⁰ photons/cm²-s background and 35 K operating temperature. The mean D* of 4.5 X 10¹³ Jones at 8.3 micrometers peak wavelength is 75% of BLIP. A maximum peak D* of 5.7 X 10¹⁴ Jones was achieved with the PV InGaAs/InP device at 200 K. This is also believed to be the highest reported FPA-level D* for a staring mosaic array operated at TV-type frame rate and integration time.

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Lester J. Kozlowski, Scott A. Cabelli, Donald E. Cooper, and Kadri Vural "Low-background infrared hybrid focal plane array characterization", Proc. SPIE 1946, Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation, (20 October 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.158673

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