IR region challenges: Photon or thermal detectors? Outlook and means

• Published in: Semiconductor Physics Quantum Electronics & Optoelectronics
• Date: 2012
• Main Author: Sizov, F.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Інститут фізики напівпровідників імені В.Є. Лашкарьова НАН України 2012
• Online Access: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/118388
• Journal Title: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Cite this: IR region challenges: Photon or thermal detectors? Outlook and means / F. Sizov // Semiconductor Physics Quantum Electronics & Optoelectronics. — 2012. — Т. 15, № 3. — С. 183-199. — Бібліогр.: 46 назв. — англ.

Infrared (IR) detectors play now an increasing role in different areas of human activity (e.g., security and military applications, tracking and targeting, environmental surveillance, fire and harvest control, communications, law enforcement, space surveillance of the Earth, medical diagnostics, etc...