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Infrared detector
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<h2 id="detector-materials">Detector materials</h2> <p>The materials basis for infrared detection devices are <a href="/facts/Narrow-gap_semiconductor/dlHrXvMx">narrow-gap semiconductors</a>, including <a href="/facts/Chemical_compound/37FXqqtv">compounds</a> and <a href="/facts/Alloy/I7w7WQWR">alloys</a> of <a href="/facts/Bismuth/75FLjkoX">bismuth</a>, <a href="/facts/Antimony/YsA7lVgT">antimony</a>, <a href="/facts/Indium/zRq3stVb">indium</a>, <a href="/facts/Cadmium/wXkV2eIX">cadmium</a>, <a href="/facts/Selenium/k975NApC">selenium</a> and others.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Lead(II)_sulfide/IXauvWYq">Lead(II) sulfide</a> (PbS)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mercury_cadmium_telluride/kzgN6aJn">Mercury cadmium telluride</a> (Known as MCT, HgCdTe)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Indium_antimonide/76EPwVLC">Indium antimonide</a> (InSb)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Indium_arsenide/GMhtPVbU">Indium arsenide</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Indium_gallium_arsenide/DAHNSFPr">Indium gallium arsenide</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Lead_selenide/66h19tQ2">Lead selenide</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/QWIP/hMpdDDKj">QWIP</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Lithium_tantalate/5kgBEcu0">Lithium tantalate</a> (LiTaO3)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Triglycine_sulfate/NbfBESbl">Triglycine sulfate</a> (TGS)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Platinum_silicide/glxXpvjR">Platinum silicide</a> (PtSi)</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Infrared_imaging/dplJK39u">Infrared imaging</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Avraham, M.; Nemirovsky, J.; Blank, T.; Golan, G.; Nemirovsky, Y. (2022). "Toward an Accurate IR Remote Sensing of Body Temperature Radiometer Based on a Novel IR Sensing System Dubbed Digital TMOS". Micromachines. 13 (5): 703. doi:10.3390/mi13050703. PMC 9145132. PMID 35630174. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9145132" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9145132</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Li, Xiao-Hui (2022). "Narrwo-Bandgap Materials for Optoelectronics Applications". Frontiers of Physics. 17 (1): 13304. Bibcode:2022FrPhy..1713304L. doi:10.1007/s11467-021-1055-z. S2CID 237652629. <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11467-021-1055-z" target="_blank">https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11467-021-1055-z</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Chu, Junhao; Sher, Arden (2008). Physics and Properties of Narrow Gap Semiconductors. Springer. doi:10.1007/978-0-387-74801-6. ISBN 9780387747439. <a href="9780387747439" target="_blank">9780387747439</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>