Researchers Develop New Material for Army Night-Time Operations
Published on January 12, 2018 at 9:04 AM
Written by AZoMJan 12 2018
A new synthesis process for low-cost fabrication of a material for infrared cameras has been developed by scientists at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and Stony Brook University. This new development makes room for new possibilities for future Army night-time operations.
ARL's Drs. Wendy Sarney and Stefan Svensson headed an exceptional approach for employing the semiconductor InAsSb, a material that has not been earlier used in high-performance IR cameras for the longest wavelengths (10 μm). The best materials for the IR camera light-sensors are presently based on HgCdTe, which is from the family of II-VI compounds.
"Unfortunately, they are very expensive, mostly because there are only military customers for this material," Svensson said.
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