In the present work, firstly, a first-principles study of the structural, electronic, and electron transport properties of the Hg x Mg (1−x) Te (HMT) ternary compound is performed using the ABINIT package and the results are compared with Cd 0.9 Zn 0.1 Te (CZT) as a current room-temperature photodetector. Next, the response functions of Hg 0.6 Mg 0.4 Te and Cd 0.9 Zn 0.1 Te under electromagnetic irradiation with 0.05 MeV, 0.2 MeV, 0.661 MeV and 1.33 MeV energies are simulated by using the MCNP code. According to these simulations, the Hg 0.6 Mg 0.4 Te ternary compound is suggested as a good semiconductor photodetector for use at room temperature.
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