A Novel Eye Hole Method for the Crosstalk Test of Small Element Infrared Focal Plane Arrays

Abstract

The crosstalk of the small detection photosensitive elements test has always been the difficulty of research on infrared focal plane arrays (IRFPAs). With the decrease in the element size in the IRFPAs, the crosstalk of small detection photosensitive elements cannot be tested by the existing small spot method. In this paper, a novel eye hole method to realize the crosstalk of the small element IRFPAs test is proposed. The novel eye hole method is to make eye holes on the substrate. The transmittance of the eye holes in the substrate is 100%, while the transmittance of the other component in the substrate is 0. The substrate with the eye holes is fixed in front of small element IRFPAs to achieve the crosstalk of the small elements test. The filters selected by 9 elements and 25 elements as the eye hole unit are designed and prepared. The experimental results show that 25 elements are selected as the eye hole unit for the IRFPAs with the element size of 25 μm × 25 μm. The eye holes are formed tightly and repeatedly arranged. The crosstalk of the InSb IRFPAs with the element size of 25 μm × 25 μm by the novel eye hole method is 3.86%. The results are of great reference significance for improving the test level of small element IRFPA.