Infrared Detectors and Emitters: Materials and Devices

by Peter Capper

Book Overview

Infrared (IR) detectors fall into two main categories, thermal and photon. The earliest detectors of IR were thermal in nature, e.g. thermometers. The subsequent developments of these detectors, such as thermopiles, resistance bolometers, Golay cells and pyroelectric detectors, can operate at ambient temperature but have disadvantages of insensitivity and slowness. A wide variety of semiconductor photon detectors have been developed and these possess...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0792372069
• ISBN13: 9780792372066
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 478 Pages
• Weight: 1.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"