1. Reducing inter-pixel crosstalk in HgCdTe detectors.
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Vallone, Marco, Goano, Michele, Bertazzi, Francesco, Ghione, Giovanni, Palmieri, Andrea, Hanna, Stefan, Eich, Detlef, and Figgemeier, Heinrich
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PIXELS , *FOCAL plane arrays sensors , *CHARGE carrier lifetime , *CROSSTALK , *DETECTORS , *INFRARED spectra - Abstract
In state-of-the-art, large format, HgCdTe-based infrared focal plane arrays the typical pixel size (3–10 μ m ) is of the order of the operating wavelength and much smaller than the carrier diffusion length. This makes inter-pixel crosstalk a limiting factor, especially in planar structures. Employing three-dimensional electromagnetic and electrical simulations we show that, besides reducing the dark current through Auger suppression, majority carrier depletion of the detector absorber is also effective in curtailing the inter-pixel crosstalk due to carrier diffusion. In the case of a 5 μ m -pitch pixel, a proper design of the absorber composition and doping profile allows to reduce inter-pixel crosstalk by more than a factor of two when increasing the reverse bias from - 0.1 to - 0.5 V , keeping the contribution to crosstalk coming from carrier diffusion between 2 and 12% in the mid- and long-wavelength infrared spectrum. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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