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Non-Monochromatic 3D Optical Simulation of HgCdTe Focal Plane Arrays

  • U.S. Workshop on Physics and Chemistry of II-VI Materials 2017
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Combined optical and electrical simulations of infrared HgCdTe-based focal plane arrays under broadband, non-monochromatic illumination are critically relevant to the design of small-volume detectors with sub-wavelength pixel pitches. We present an efficient technique, based on a single finite-difference time-domain electromagnetic simulation, that provides the photogeneration rate profile due to realistic, broadband optical sources, avoiding multiple monochromatic simulations. This technique is applied to assess the effects of the temperature of blackbody optical sources on quantum efficiency and inter-pixel crosstalk of planar LWIR arrays.

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  1. Dipartimento di Elettronica e Telecomunicazioni, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129, Turin, Italy

    Marco Vallone, Andrea Palmieri, Marco Calciati, Francesco Bertazzi, Federica Cappelluti, Giovanni Ghione & Michele Goano

  2. IEIIT-CNR, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129, Turin, Italy

    Francesco Bertazzi & Michele Goano

  3. Synopsys Inc., Ossining, NY, USA

    Mayank Bahl, Evan Heller & Robert Scarmozzino

  4. AIM Infrarot-Module GmbH, Theresienstraße 2, 74072, Heilbronn, Germany

    Stefan Hanna, Detlef Eich & Heinrich Figgemeier

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Vallone, M., Palmieri, A., Calciati, M. et al. Non-Monochromatic 3D Optical Simulation of HgCdTe Focal Plane Arrays. J. Electron. Mater. 47, 5742–5751 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-018-6424-1

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