Pn. Tkachuk et al., EFFECT OF ANNEALING IN UNSATURATED CADMIUM VAPOR ON THE THERMAL-STABILITY AND IR TRANSMISSION OF CADMIUM TELLURIDE, Inorganic materials, 32(8), 1996, pp. 830-832
Annealing cadmium telluride wafers in unsaturated cadmium vapor was us
ed to prepare thermally stable, semiinsulating material with a transmi
ttance of 62-66% in the region 2-20 mu m. The mechanisms responsible f
or the electrical bistability and the increase in IR transmittance upo
n annealing are discussed.