mercury telluride

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mercury telluride

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Another lattice-matched epitaxial system is mercury telluride (HgTe) and cadmium telluride (CdTe). These two semiconductors form a continuous semiconductor alloy Cd_xHg_{1 − x}Te, where x is any number between 0 and 1. This alloy is used as a detector of infrared radiation and is incorporated in particular in night-vision goggles.
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Another lattice-matched epitaxial system is mercury telluride (HgTe) and cadmium telluride (CdTe). These two semiconductors form a continuous semiconductor alloy Cd_xHg_{1 − x}Te, where x is any number between 0 and 1. This alloy is used as a detector of infrared radiation and is incorporated in particular in night-vision goggles.
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