Back Tel·lurur de cadmi i mercuri Catalan Quecksilber-Cadmium-Tellurid German Telururo de mercurio y cadmio Spanish تلورید کادمیوم جیوه Persian Tellurure de mercure-cadmium French Raksa kadmium telurida ID Tellururo di mercurio e cadmio Italian テルル化カドミウム水銀 Japanese Quecksëlwer-Cadmium-Tellurid LB HgCdTe Portuguese
Hg1−xCdxTe or mercury cadmium telluride (also cadmium mercury telluride, MCT, MerCad Telluride, MerCadTel, MerCaT or CMT) is a chemical compound of cadmium telluride (CdTe) and mercury telluride (HgTe) with a tunable bandgap spanning the shortwave infrared to the very long wave infrared regions. The amount of cadmium (Cd) in the alloy can be chosen so as to tune the optical absorption of the material to the desired infrared wavelength. CdTe is a semiconductor with a bandgap of approximately 1.5 electronvolts (eV) at room temperature. HgTe is a semimetal, which means that its bandgap energy is zero. Mixing these two substances allows one to obtain any bandgap between 0 and 1.5 eV.
