Dr. Meimei Z. Tidrow Profile

Dr. Meimei Z. Tidrow

Chief Scientist for FPAs at US Army C5ISR RTI

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Publications (50)

Proceedings Article | 30 May 2022 Presentation

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

Sumith Bandara, Leslie Aitcheson, Lucy Zheng, Meimei Tidrow

Proceedings Volume 12107, 121070N (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2623303

KEYWORDS: Laser sintering, Infrared detectors, Superlattices, Staring arrays, Sensor technology, Infrared sensors, Infrared radiation, Antimony

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Proceedings Article | 12 April 2021 Presentation

III-V material superlattice infrared focal plane array technology

Sumith Bandara, Meimei Tidrow, Leslie Aitcheson, Lucy Zeng, Neil Baril

Proceedings Volume 11741, 117410O (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2586326

KEYWORDS: Staring arrays, Infrared radiation, Superlattices, Infrared materials, Infrared imaging, Infrared detectors, Gallium antimonide, Manufacturing, Long wavelength infrared, Imaging systems

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Proceedings Article | 14 May 2018 Presentation

III-V infrared focal plane array development in US (Conference Presentation)

Alicia Williams, Meimei Tidrow

Proceedings Volume 10624, 106240P (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2311494

KEYWORDS: Infrared radiation, Staring arrays, Infrared sensors, Sensor technology, Defense and security, Infrared detectors, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 21 June 2017 Presentation

VISTA video and overview (Conference Presentation)

Meimei Tidrow, Donald Reago

Proceedings Volume 10177, 101770M (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2266259

KEYWORDS: Night vision, Sensors, Infrared technology, Current controlled current source, Video

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Proceedings Article | 16 May 2017 Paper

MWIR barrier infrared detectors with greater than 5µm cutoff using bulk InAsSb grown on GaSb substrates

Neil Baril, Alexander Brown, Daniel Zuo, Meimei Tidrow, Dmitri Loubychev, Joel Fastenau, Amy W. Liu, Sumith Bandara

Proceedings Volume 10177, 101771L (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2262503

KEYWORDS: Mid-IR, Infrared detectors, Gallium antimonide, Infrared radiation, Group III-V semiconductors, Semiconductors, Infrared photography, Photodetectors, Antimony, Binary data, Indium arsenide, Sensors, Diffusion, Superlattices, Aluminum, Doping

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SPIE Journal Paper | 8 June 2012

Radiometric characterization of long-wavelength infrared type II strained layer superlattice focal plane array under low-photon irradiance conditions

John Hubbs, Vaidya Nathan, Meimei Tidrow, Manijeh Razeghi

OE, Vol. 51, Issue 6, 064002, (June 2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.OE.51.6.064002

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Laser sintering, Field effect transistors, Superlattices, Staring arrays, Long wavelength infrared, Readout integrated circuits, Infrared sensors, Quantum efficiency, Gallium antimonide

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SPIE Journal Paper | 1 June 2011

Doping dependence of minority carrier lifetime in long-wave Sb-based type II superlattice infrared detector materials

Sumith Bandara, Patrick Maloney, Neil Baril, Joseph Pellegrino, Meimei Tidrow

OE, Vol. 50, Issue 06, 061015, (June 2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.3590720

KEYWORDS: Doping, Long wavelength infrared, Sensors, Superlattices, Diffusion, Photodiodes, Heterojunctions, Infrared detectors, Mercury cadmium telluride, Quantum efficiency

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Proceedings Article | 21 May 2011 Paper

Update on III-V antimonide-based superlattice FPA development and material characterization

Lucy Zheng, Meimei Tidrow, Sumith Bandara, Leslie Aitcheson, Tiffany Shih

Proceedings Volume 8012, 80120S (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.888093

KEYWORDS: Superlattices, Staring arrays, Sensors, Semiconducting wafers, Data modeling, Diodes, Gallium antimonide, Quantum efficiency, Mercury cadmium telluride, Doping

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Much progress has been made in the past 2 years in developing III-V antimonide-based superlattice infrared detectors and focal plane arrays (FPAs). In the area of detector material growth by molecular beam epitaxy, the wafer foundry group, helped by government-trusted entities and other partnering institutions, has leapfrogged many years of R&D effort to become the premier detector wafer supplier. The wafers produced are of high quality as measured by surface morphology, defect density, photoluminescence property, high-resolution X-ray diffraction, and diode current-voltage characteristics. In the area of detector design and FPA processing, the team-consisting of members from government laboratories, academia, and the FPA industry-has made rapid progress in device structure design, detector array etching, passivation, hybridization, and packaging. The progress is reflected in the steady reduction in FPA median darkcurrent density and improvement in median quantum efficiency, as well as reasonably low median noise-equivalent different temperature under 300 K scene background, when compared with the performance from some of the commercially available HgCdTe FPAs. In parallel with the FPA research and development effort, a small amount of funding has been devoted to measuring minority carrier lifetimes and to understanding life-killing defects and mechanisms of superlattice devices. Results of direct time-resolved photoluminescence measurement on superlattice absorbers indicate relatively short lifetimes (on the order of 30 ns) due to Shockley-Read-Hall mechanism. Modeling and curve fitting with diode current-voltage data indicate longer minority carrier lifetimes, although the best fit lifetime values differ greatly, possibly due to the difference in material quality and device structure. Several models or hypotheses have been proposed to explain experimental data. More data are required to validate these models and hypotheses. Further work is also necessary to reconcile the substantially different results from different groups and to truly understand the physics of minority carrier lifetimes, which is necessary to improve the lifetime and realize the theoretical promise of superlattice materials.

Proceedings Article | 4 May 2010 Paper

Developing high-performance III-V superlattice IRFPAs for defense: challenges and solutions

Lucy Zheng, Meimei Tidrow, Leslie Aitcheson, Jerry O'Connor, Steven Brown

Proceedings Volume 7660, 76601E (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.852239

KEYWORDS: Staring arrays, Superlattices, Sensors, Quantum efficiency, Semiconducting wafers, Readout integrated circuits, Mercury cadmium telluride, Infrared detectors, Sensor performance, Long wavelength infrared

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The antimonide superlattice infrared detector technology program was established to explore new infrared detector materials and technology. The ultimate goal is to enhance the infrared sensor system capability and meet challenging requirements for many applications. Certain applications require large-format focal plane arrays (FPAs) for a wide field of view. These FPAs must be able to detect infrared signatures at long wavelengths, at low infrared background radiation, and with minimal spatial cross talk. Other applications require medium-format pixel, co-registered, dual-band capability with minimal spectral cross talk. Under the technology program, three leading research groups have focused on device architecture design, high-quality material growth and characterization, detector and detector array processing, hybridization, testing, and modeling. Tremendous progress has been made in the past few years. This is reflected in orders-of-magnitude reduction in detector dark-current density and substantial increase in quantum efficiency, as well as the demonstration of good-quality long-wavelength infrared FPAs. Many technical challenges must be overcome to realize the theoretical promise of superlattice infrared materials. These include further reduction in dark current density, growth of optically thick materials for high quantum efficiency, and elimination of FPA processing-related performance degradation. In addition, challenges in long-term research and development cost, superlattice material availability, FPA chip assembly availability, and industry sustainability are also to be met. A new program was established in 2009 with a scope that is different from the existing technology program. Called Fabrication of Superlattice Infrared FPA (FastFPA), this 4-year program sets its goal to establish U.S. industry capability of producing high-quality superlattice wafers and fabricating advanced FPAs. It uses horizontal integration strategy by leveraging existing III-V industry resources and taking advantage of years of valuable experiences amassed by the HgCdTe FPA industry. By end of the program span, three sets of FPAs will be demonstrated-a small-format long-wave FPA, a large-format long-wave FPA, and a medium-format dual-band FPA at long-wave and mid-wave infrared.

Proceedings Article | 28 August 2009 Paper

III-V infrared research at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory

S. Gunapala, D. Ting, C. Hill, A. Soibel, John Liu, J. Liu, J. Mumolo, S. Keo, J. Nguyen, S. Bandara, M. Tidrow

Proceedings Volume 7467, 74670R (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.828786

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Staring arrays, Quantum well infrared photodetectors, Long wavelength infrared, Mid-IR, Gallium arsenide, Absorption, Quantum efficiency, Quantum wells, Infrared detectors

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Proceedings Article | 7 May 2009 Paper

Recent success on SLS FPAs and MDA's new direction for development

Meimei Tidrow, Lucy Zheng, Hank Barcikowski, James Wells, Leslie Aitcheson

Proceedings Volume 7298, 72981O (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.822879

KEYWORDS: Laser sintering, Staring arrays, Mercury cadmium telluride, Long wavelength infrared, Quantum efficiency, Infrared sensors, Superlattices, Defense and security, Infrared materials, Gallium antimonide

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Proceedings Article | 3 September 2008 Paper

Development of material quality and structural design for high performance Type II InAs/GaSb superlattice photodiodes and focal plane arrays

Manijeh Razeghi, Binh-Minh Nguyen, Darin Hoffman, Pierre-Yves Delaunay, Edward Kwei-wei Huang, Meimei Tidrow, Vaidya Nathan

Proceedings Volume 7082, 708204 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.794218

KEYWORDS: Superlattices, Quantum efficiency, Staring arrays, Long wavelength infrared, Sensors, Mid-IR, Gallium antimonide, Infrared imaging, Infrared radiation, Photodiodes

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Proceedings Article | 3 September 2008 Paper

Mid-wave and long-wave infrared dualband megapixel QWIP focal plane array

S. Gunapala, S. Bandara, J. Liu, J. Mumolo, C. Hill, D. Ting, E. Kurth, J. Woolaway, P. LeVan, M. Tidrow

Proceedings Volume 7082, 708209 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.796361

KEYWORDS: Quantum well infrared photodetectors, Staring arrays, Long wavelength infrared, Mid-IR, Sensors, Readout integrated circuits, Detector arrays, Infrared radiation, Cameras, Gallium arsenide

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Proceedings Article | 2 May 2008 Paper

Recent advances in LWIR Type – II InAs/GaSb superlattice photodetectors and focal plane arrays at the Center for Quantum Devices

Manijeh Razeghi, Darin Hoffman, Binh-Minh Nguyen, Pierre-Yves Delaunay, Edward Huang, Meimei Tidrow

Proceedings Volume 6940, 694009 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.782854

KEYWORDS: Quantum efficiency, Superlattices, Long wavelength infrared, Gallium antimonide, Sensors, Diffusion, Diodes, Staring arrays, Stereolithography, Absorption

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Proceedings Article | 23 April 2008 Paper

Development of megapixel dual-band QWIP focal plane array

S. Gunapala, S. Bandara, J. Liu, J. Mumolo, C. Hill, D. Ting, E. Kurth, J. Woolaway, P. LeVan, M. Tidrow

Proceedings Volume 6940, 69402T (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.783841

KEYWORDS: Quantum well infrared photodetectors, Staring arrays, Long wavelength infrared, Mid-IR, Sensors, Readout integrated circuits, Detector arrays, Cameras, Gallium arsenide, Metals

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Proceedings Article | 1 February 2008 Open Access

Type II strained layer superlattice: a potential infrared sensor material for space

L. Zheng, M. Tidrow, A. Novello, H. Weichel, S. Vohra

Proceedings Volume 6900, 69000F (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.768420

KEYWORDS: Superlattices, Staring arrays, Infrared radiation, Mercury cadmium telluride, Sensors, Long wavelength infrared, Infrared sensors, Infrared detectors, Missiles, Defense and security

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Proceedings Article | 9 January 2008 Paper

Toward very large format infrared detector arrays

S. Gunapala, S. Bandara, J. Liu, J. Mumolo, C. Hill, D. Ting, E. Kurth, J. Woolaway, P. LeVan, M. Tidrow

Proceedings Volume 6800, 68000W (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.753485

KEYWORDS: Quantum well infrared photodetectors, Staring arrays, Sensors, Mid-IR, Long wavelength infrared, Detector arrays, Readout integrated circuits, Gallium arsenide, Semiconducting wafers, Cameras

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Proceedings Article | 26 September 2007 Paper

Toward 16 megapixel focal plane arrays

S. Gunapala, S. Bandara, J. Liu, J. Mumolo, C. Hill, D. Ting, E. Kurth, J. Woolaway, P. LeVan, M. Tidrow

Proceedings Volume 6660, 66600E (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.740029

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Proceedings Article | 14 May 2007 Paper

Toward dualband megapixel QWIP focal plane arrays

S. Gunapala, S. Bandara, J. Liu, J. Mumolo, C. Hill, E. Kurth, J. Woolaway, P. LeVan, M. Tidrow

Proceedings Volume 6542, 65420W (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.719938

KEYWORDS: Quantum well infrared photodetectors, Staring arrays, Sensors, Mid-IR, Long wavelength infrared, Detector arrays, Readout integrated circuits, Gallium arsenide, Cameras, Infrared radiation

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Proceedings Article | 17 May 2006 Paper

Development of high performance radiation hardened antireflection coatings for LWIR and multicolor IR focal plane arrays

Ashok Sood, Yash Puri, Latika Becker, Meimei Tidrow, Raymond Balcerak, Gregory Brill, Priyalal Wijewarnasuriya, Nibir Dhar, Paul Boieriu, Chad Fulk, Siva Sivananthan, Joseph Yehoda, Steve Finke

Proceedings Volume 6206, 620615 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.667812

KEYWORDS: Silicon, Antireflective coatings, Silicon films, Long wavelength infrared, Semiconducting wafers, Ozone, Staring arrays, Thin films, Coating, Diamond

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Proceedings Article | 28 February 2006 Paper

Performance characteristics of high-purity mid-wave and long-wave infrared type-II InAs/GaSb superlattice infrared photodiodes

Andrew Hood, Manijeh Razeghi, Vaidya Nathan, Meimei Tidrow

Proceedings Volume 6127, 61270U (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.659120

KEYWORDS: Superlattices, Photodiodes, Quantum efficiency, Diodes, Infrared radiation, Long wavelength infrared, Infrared imaging, Mid-IR, Infrared photography, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 31 October 2005 Paper

Multicolor megapixel QWIP focal plane arrays for remote sensing instruments

S. Gunapala, S. Bandara, J. Liu, C. Hill, S. Rafol, J. Mumolo, J. Trinh, M. Tidrow, P. LeVan

Proceedings Volume 5983, 59830M (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.614170

KEYWORDS: Staring arrays, Quantum well infrared photodetectors, Sensors, Modulation transfer functions, Mid-IR, Long wavelength infrared, Gallium arsenide, Imaging systems, Quantum efficiency, Readout integrated circuits

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Proceedings Article | 31 May 2005 Paper

High performance Type II InAs/GaSb superlattices for mid, long, and very long wavelength infrared focal plane arrays

M. Razeghi, Y. Wei, A. Gin, A. Hood, V. Yazdanpanah, M. Tidrow, V. Nathan

Proceedings Volume 5783, (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.605291

KEYWORDS: Superlattices, Sensors, Staring arrays, Gallium antimonide, Luminescence, Interfaces, Long wavelength infrared, Indium arsenide, Mid-IR, Diodes

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Proceedings Article | 31 May 2005 Paper

1024x1024 pixel MWIR and LWIR QWIP focal plane arrays and 320x256 MWIR:LWIR pixel colocated simultaneous dualband QWIP focal plane arrays

S. Gunapala, S. Bandara, J. Liu, C. Hill, S. Rafol, J. Mumolo, J. Trinh, M. Tidrow, P. LeVan

Proceedings Volume 5783, (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.601519

KEYWORDS: Staring arrays, Quantum well infrared photodetectors, Sensors, Mid-IR, Modulation transfer functions, Long wavelength infrared, Gallium arsenide, Cameras, Readout integrated circuits, Imaging systems

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