Post-VISTA progress in III-V material SLS IR detector technology

Sumith V. Bandara; Leslie R. Aitcheson; Lucy L. Zheng; Meimei Tidrow

doi:10.1117/12.2623303

30 May 2022 Post-VISTA progress in III-V material SLS IR detector technology

Sumith V. Bandara, Leslie R. Aitcheson, Lucy L. Zheng, Meimei Tidrow

Proceedings Volume 12107, Infrared Technology and Applications XLVIII; 121070N (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2623303
Event: SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing, 2022, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

This presentation discusses the current performance and maturing industrial base for III-V antimony (Sb)-based strained layer superlattice (SLS) infrared focal plane arrays (IRFPAs), and their progression following the Vital Infrared Sensor Technology Acceleration (VISTA) program. VISTA was a five-year DoD Tri-Service program that established an entirely new domestic industrial base revolving around advanced cooled infrared focal plane array (IRFPA) technology. The program’s objectives included IRFPA technology that had to be affordable, highly producible, and it had to offer performance advantages over current solutions. To this end, VISTA focused on III-V Sb-based strained layer superlattice (SLS) detector material systems. This presentation highlights these various performance and manufacturing improvements since the completion of VISTA and emphasizes collaborative approaches that could benefit large technology development efforts.

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Sumith V. Bandara, Leslie R. Aitcheson, Lucy L. Zheng, and Meimei Tidrow "Post-VISTA progress in III-V material SLS IR detector technology", Proc. SPIE 12107, Infrared Technology and Applications XLVIII, 121070N (30 May 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2623303

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