Research on HgCdTe focal plane arrays for ultra-spectrumdetection in Vis/NIR

To meet the requirement of high-resolution and high-sensitivity observation in visible-near infrared, the HgCdTe focal plane arrays(FPAs) with high signal-to-noise ratio was fabricated based on the large-array low-noise HgCdTe detector manufacture technology and low-damage substrate removal technology. The response of short-wave infrared detector was extended to 400 nm~2 600 nm by the ZnCdTe substrate removed with mechanical thinning and chemical wet etching technology. After the fabrication of the Vis/NIR 640×512 pixel 25 m FPAs, the performance was evaluated with a certain quantity of radiation. The results indicate that the quantum efficiency is approximately 88.4% at 2.32 μm waveband, the effective pixel rate is 98% and the signal-to-noise ratio is 287, the clear imaging quality in Vis/NIR waveband can be obtained.