Saturable transmission in mercury cadmium telluride Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • We have observed saturable absorption effects in mercury cadmium telluride. The transmission of etched Hg0.39Cd0.61Te saturates by more than a factor of 10 for high pulse energies at the wavelength =1.06 m. The lifetime of this short-lived saturation is measured to be less than 50 psec.

published proceedings

  • Applied Physics Letters

author list (cited authors)

  • Matter, J. C., Smirl, A. L., & Scully, M. O.

citation count

  • 14

complete list of authors

  • Matter, JC||Smirl, AL||Scully, MO

publication date

  • May 1976