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Solid State Detector Systems

Gallium Nitride (GaN) and Silicon Carbide (SiC)

  • Solar blind UV
  • Earth and Space Science: GOES, atmospheric (ACT), SUVO, planetary
Cadmium Zinc Telluride (CZT)
  • Hard x-ray to gamma-ray
  • Astrophysics and planetary:  Con-X, EXIST, homeland security
GaAs QWIP
  • IR (3 - 20 mm), spectral tuning, megapixel arrays, 40-70 K
  • Earth science: atmospheric, land
IR Avalanche photodiodes (APDs)
  • Photon counting, fast, imaging arrays
  • Earth science: imaging lidar