Novel InSb-based infrared detector materials (<i>Invited</i>)

Junjie Si

doi:10.3788/IRLA20210811

Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 51, Issue 1, 20210811(2022)

Novel InSb-based infrared detector materials (Invited)

Junjie Si^1,2,3

Author Affiliations

¹1. China Airborne Missile Academy, Luoyang 471009, China

²2. Aviation Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Infrared Detector, Luoyang 471009, China

³3. Henan Antimonide Infrared Detector Engineering Center, Luoyang 471009, China

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