INFRARED, Volume. 46, Issue 1, 1(2025)

Development and Prospect for HgCdTe Avalanche Photoelectric Detectors

Chong-shang GUAN... Wei-rong XING, Rui ZHOU, Zhen LI, Meng-jia JIANG, Dan WANG and Wei-lin SHE |Show fewer author(s)
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  • The 11th Research Institute of China Electronics Technology Group Corporation, Beijing 100015, China
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    GUAN Chong-shang, XING Wei-rong, ZHOU Rui, LI Zhen, JIANG Meng-jia, WANG Dan, SHE Wei-lin. Development and Prospect for HgCdTe Avalanche Photoelectric Detectors[J]. INFRARED, 2025, 46(1): 1

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    Received: Jun. 13, 2024

    Accepted: Feb. 18, 2025

    Published Online: Feb. 18, 2025

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    DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1672-8785.2025.01.001

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