The results of physicochemical investigations of the growth of heteroepitax
ial HgCdTe (MCT) structures by molecular-beam epitaxy are presented. An app
aratus for the semi-industrial production of epitaxial films of an MCT soli
d solution is developed and fabricated. A technology for growing heteroepit
axial MCT films for the fabrication of high-quality multielement IR photode
tectors is developed. (C) 2000 The Optical Society of America.