Synopses & Reviews
Optical Radiation Detectors, Eustace L. Dereniak and Devon G. Crowe
Offers a comprehensive, integrated treatment of optical radiation detectors, discussing their capabilities and limitations. Background material on radiometry, noise sources, and detector physics is introduced, followed by more detailed discussions of photon detectors, thermal detectors, and charge transfer arrays of detectors.
Synopsis
Offers a comprehensive, integrated treatment of optical radiation detectors, discussing their capabilities and limitations. Background material on radiometry, noise sources, and detector physics is introduced, followed by more detailed discussions of photon detectors, thermal detectors, and charge transfer arrays of detectors.
Table of Contents
Radiometry.
Introduction to Detector Physics and Nomenclature.
Photovoltaic Detection Theory.
Photoconductors.
Photoemissive Detector Theory.
Thermal Detectors and Thermopiles.
Bolometers.
Pyroelectric Detectors.
Charge Transfer Devices.
Appendixes.
Index.