УДК: 535.015, 53.043

Nonlinearity and persistence of the response of IR photodetector arrays to laser radiation

Asanov, S.V., Egorov, M.S., Ignatiev, A.B., Morozov, V.V., Rezunkov, Y.A., Stepanov, V.V.

Publication in Journal of Optical Technology

For Russian citation (Opticheskii Zhurnal):

Асанов С.В., Егоров М.С., Игнатьев А.Б., Морозов В.В., Резунков Ю.А., Степанов В.В. Нелинейность и инерционность отклика матричных инфракрасных фотоприемников на лазерное излучение // Оптический журнал. 2014. Т. 81. № 9. С. 62–68.

Asanov S.V., Egorov M.S., Ignatiev A.B., Morozov V.V., Rezunkov Yu.A., Stepanov V.V. Nonlinearity and persistence of the response of IR photodetector arrays to laser radiation [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2014. V. 81. № 9. P. 62–68.

For citation (Journal of Optical Technology):

S. V. Asanov, A. B. Ignat’ev, V. V. Morozov, M. S. Egorov, Yu. A. Rezunkov, and V. V. Stepanov, "Nonlinearity and persistence of the response of IR photodetector arrays to laser radiation," Journal of Optical Technology. 81(9), 531-536 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.81.000531

Abstract:

This paper presents the results of experimental studies of the action of laser radiation on InSb-based IR photodetector arrays. It is shown that there are two types of response of the photodetector to laser action: nonlinear propagation of laser noise over the entire surface of the array and persistence of the image of the laser beam, as a function of the characteristics of the laser radiation. It is experimentally found that the persistent image of the laser beam varies in signal amplitude of the dark current in illuminated photodiodes, depending on the irradiance of the focal-plane array and the irradiation time (the exposure dose of the irradiation).

Keywords:

photodetector arrays, laser action, persistence, nonlinearity

OCIS codes: 140.0140; 230.0230; 250.025

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