A New Method for Measuring The Minority Carrier Lifetime of MWIR HgCdTe Materials by Transient Photoresponse Method

HUANG Hong; SANG Maosheng; WANG Nili; XU Guoqing; XU Jintong

doi:10.16818/j.issn1001-5868.2023042302

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