Latest Developments of Cooled Infrared Detectors at Sofradir, France

摘要

This short article describes the recent developments of cooled infrared products at Sofradir. These developments are driven by the future systems needs like the increase in resolution and detection range, the reduction of the detector size and consequently of the pixel pitch and the reduction of the power consumption. To answer to these needs, Sofradir develops in collaboration with the French infrared laboratory (CEA-LETI) new products based on Mercury Cadmium Telluride technology: Scorpio LW 640 × 512/15 μm pitch, sensitive in the long wavelength, Jupiter MW 1280 × 1024/15 μm pitch sensitive in mid wavelength, HOT detectors operating at 150 K and the 10 μm pitch detectors.