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Laser Annealing of Narrow Gap HgTe-Based Alloys*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

R. E. Kremer ,
F. G. Moore ,
M. R. Tamjidi  and
Y. Tang
R. E. Kremer
Affiliation:
Oregon Graduate Center, 19600 NW Von Neumann Dr., Beaverton, OR 97006
F. G. Moore
Affiliation:
Oregon Graduate Center, 19600 NW Von Neumann Dr., Beaverton, OR 97006
M. R. Tamjidi
Affiliation:
Oregon Graduate Center, 19600 NW Von Neumann Dr., Beaverton, OR 97006
Y. Tang
Affiliation:
Oregon Graduate Center, 19600 NW Von Neumann Dr., Beaverton, OR 97006
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Abstract

We have used a cw CO2 laser to study the effects of rapidly annealing HgTe-based alloys. Both as-grown and thermally annealed samples of HgCdTe, HgMnTe, HgZnTe, and HgMgTe have been examined for mercury loss and surface damage using energy-dispersive x-ray analysis and optical reflectivity measurements. Small, but systematic differences were found between the asgrown and the thermally annealed samples and among the various materials studied. No degradation of the material at all was observed when the samples were cooled to 77 K and exposed to the laser.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 90: Symposium R – Materials for Infrared Detectors and Sources , 1986 , 179
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1987

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This work was supported by the National Science Foundation through Grant No. ECS-8402080.

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