Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 51, Issue 4, 20210399(2022)

Analysis of dark current characteristic of InAs/GaSb superlattice longwave infrared detectors

Junbin Li1, Aimin Liu2, Zhi Jiang1, Jin Yang1, Wen Yang1, Jincheng Kong1, Dongsheng Li1, Yanhui Li1, and Xuchang Zhou1
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  • 1Kunming Institute of Physics, Kunming 650223, China
  • 2School of Physics, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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    Junbin Li, Aimin Liu, Zhi Jiang, Jin Yang, Wen Yang, Jincheng Kong, Dongsheng Li, Yanhui Li, Xuchang Zhou. Analysis of dark current characteristic of InAs/GaSb superlattice longwave infrared detectors[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2022, 51(4): 20210399

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    Category: Special issue—Infrared detection and recognition technology under superspeed flow field

    Received: Dec. 25, 2021

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    Published Online: May. 18, 2022

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    DOI:10.3788/IRLA20210399

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