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Mercury telluride (HgTe) is a IIb–VIb semiconductor crystallizing in the zinc-blende structure. HgTe forms alloys with many other IIb–VIb compounds. The Cd x Hg1-x Te alloy system is till the major material used for infrared detectors [1,2], By varying the x composition from zero (HgTe) to unity (CdTe) the energy gap varies from ∼ -0.3 to ∼1.6 eV. This promises that detectors with peak responses over a wide wavelength range can be fabricated from this alloy system. Because of the unique band structure (i.e., “negative” energy gap, “inverted” band structure), this material is also interesting from many phySiCal points of view (see, e.g., Ref. [3]).
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Adachi, S. (1999). Mercury Telluride (HgTe). In: Optical Constants of Crystalline and Amorphous Semiconductors. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5247-5_43
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