IBC arrays: Present and future prospects

✍ Scribed by Terry Herter

• Book ID: 104770777
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 541 KB
• Volume: 3
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0922-6435
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00430173

✦ Synopsis

The development of arrays which operate at wavelengths longer than 8 pm has opened up new possibilities for imaging and spectroscopy but offers challenges not present at shorter wavelengths. Impurity Band Conduction (IBC) or Blocked-Impurity-Band (BIB) detectors can meet these challenges and offer numerous advantages over Standard photoconductors.

We review some of the general operating principles of these devices and discuss the current state of technology.

We then discuss the requirements placed on mid-infrared arrays by groundbased, airborne and spacebased astronomy.