Light receivers
Optics of material media

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Light receivers

Optics of material media

Author : Elisabeth GIACOBINO

Publication date: May 10, 1993 | Lire en français

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4. Light receivers

Light receivers can be divided into two main categories: photonic detectors and thermal detectors. In the former, described in paragraph 4.1 , the absorption of a photon directly excites one or more particles, usually electrons; in the latter 4.2 , the photon energy is transformed into heat, which raises the temperature of the...

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