Infrared detector device inspection system
| Patent Number: | 9,410,900 |
| Issued: | 8/9/2016 |
| Official Filing: | View the Complete Patent |
| Abstract: | Methods and apparatuses for identifying carrier lifetimes are disclosed herein. In a general embodiment, a beam of light is sent to a group of locations on a material for an optical device. Photons emitted from the material are detected at each of the group of locations. A carrier lifetime is identified for each of the group of locations based on the photons detected from each of the group of locations. |
| Filed: | 4/17/2015 |
| Application Number: | 14/689,167 |
| Government Interests: | STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. DE-NA0003525 awarded by the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration. The Government has certain rights in the invention. |