Determination of minority carrier lifetime in a finite base HgCdTe photodiode：Pulse recovery technique

CUI Hao-Yang; XU Yong-Peng; ZENG Jun-Dong; YANG Jun-Jie; TANG Zhong

doi:10.3724/sp.j.1010.2014.00117

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