Progress on uncooled PbSe detectors for low-cost applications

German Vergara; Luis Jorge Gomez; Victor Villamayor; M. Alvarez; Maria Teresa Rodrigo; Maria del Carmen Torquemada; Fernando Jose Sanchez; Marina Verdu; Jorge Diezhandino; Purificacion Rodriguez; Irene Catalan; Rosa Almazan; Julio Plaza; Maria Teresa Montojo

doi:10.1117/12.542266

30 August 2004 Progress on uncooled PbSe detectors for low-cost applications

German Vergara, Luis Jorge Gomez, Victor Villamayor, M. Alvarez, Maria Teresa Rodrigo, Maria del Carmen Torquemada, Fernando Jose Sanchez, Marina Verdu, Jorge Diezhandino, Purificacion Rodriguez, Irene Catalan, Rosa Almazan, Julio Plaza, Maria Teresa Montojo

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Proceedings Volume 5406, Infrared Technology and Applications XXX; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.542266
Event: Defense and Security, 2004, Orlando, Florida, United States

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This work reports on progress on development of polycrystalline PbSe infrared detectors at the Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo de la Armada (CIDA). Since mid nineties, the CIDA owns an innovative technology for processing uncooled MWIR detectors of polycrystalline PbSe. Based on this technology, some applications have been developed. However, future applications demand smarter, more complex, faster yet cheaper detectors. Aiming to open new perspectives to polycrystalline PbSe detectors, we are currently working on different directions: 1) Processing of 2D arrays: a) Designing and processing low density x-y addressed arrays with 16x16 and 32x32 elements, as an extension of our standard technology. b) Trying to make compatible standard CMOS and polycrystalline PbSe technologies in order to process monolithic large format arrays. 2) Adding new features to the detector such as monolithically integrated spectral discrimination.

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German Vergara, Luis Jorge Gomez, Victor Villamayor, M. Alvarez, Maria Teresa Rodrigo, Maria del Carmen Torquemada, Fernando Jose Sanchez, Marina Verdu, Jorge Diezhandino, Purificacion Rodriguez, Irene Catalan, Rosa Almazan, Julio Plaza, and Maria Teresa Montojo "Progress on uncooled PbSe detectors for low-cost applications", Proc. SPIE 5406, Infrared Technology and Applications XXX, (30 August 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.542266

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