Detection of Light : From the Ultraviolet to the Submillimeter.

Detection of Light provides a comprehensive overview of the important approaches to photon detection from ultraviolet to submillimeter spectral regions. This expanded and fully updated second edition discusses recently introduced types of detector, providing a comprehensive and unified treatment of...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Rieke, George
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Edition:2nd ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Intrinsic photoconductors; 3 Extrinsic photoconductors; 4 Photodiodes and other junction-based detectors; 5 Amplifiers and readouts; 6 Arrays; 7 Photoemissive detectors; 8 Photography; 9 Bolometers and other thermal detectors; 10 Visible and infrared coherent receivers; 11 Submillimeter-and millimeter-wave heterodyne receivers; 12 Summary; Appendix A Physical constants; Appendix B Answers to selected problems; References; Index.