Mercury cadmium telluride detectors are used extensively in analytical instruments and for monitoring infrared radiation 1-25 microns wavelength
Pro-Lite Technology has reached an agreement with Infrared Associates, to distribute throughout the UK and Ireland its range of mercury cadmium telluride (HgCdTe - also known as MCT) infrared detectors, used extensively in analytical instruments and for monitoring infrared radiation 1-25 microns wavelength. InfraRed Associates has extensive experience in fabricating MCT detectors and arrays from two to 120 elements in a large variety of custom configurations including linear, staggered, offset, cross, etc Elements as small as 25x25um with 13um spacing can be provided with uniform radiometric characteristics.
Arrays can be tailored in wavelength response from 1 to 25um and supplied with custom electronics.
MCT detectors can be supplied with TE coolers, liquid nitrogen dewars or Stirling microcoolers.
A low noise preamplifier is also available matched to customers' requirements.
The Stirling Ricor cooler is an alternative to conventional liquid nitrogen dewars and is driven by a silent, high reliability DC brushless motor.
Cooldown time is only a few minutes to 80 Kelvin.
Total weight is only 450g and input power typically 7W.
Pro-Lite also offers InSb/HgCdTe two-colour infrared sandwich detectors constructed using two layers - the upper InSb element responds 1-5.5um while the lower HgCdTe element, looking through the upper element, responds between 5.5 and 12.5um.
These dual band detectors are offered to scientists looking for a single packaged detector that can monitor wavelengths from 1 up to 25 microns.
