UID:
almafu_9959244699302883
Format:
1 online resource (xi, 363 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
2nd ed.
ISBN:
1-107-13439-0
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1-280-42003-0
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9786610420032
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1-139-14835-4
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0-511-17859-X
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0-511-06518-3
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0-511-05885-3
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0-511-30582-6
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0-511-60649-4
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0-511-07364-X
Content:
Detection of Light provides a comprehensive overview of the important approaches to photon detection from the ultraviolet to the submillimeter spectral regions. This expanded and fully updated second edition discusses recently introduced types of detector such as superconducting tunnel junctions, hot electron bolometer mixers, and fully depleted CCDs, and also includes historically important devices such as photographic plates. Material from many disciplines is combined into a comprehensive and unified treatment of the detection of light, with emphasis on the underlying physical principles. Chapters have been thoroughly reorganised to make the book easier to use, and each includes problems with solutions as appropriate. This self-contained text assumes only an undergraduate level of physics, and develops understanding as it is needed. It is suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, and will provide a valuable reference for professionals in astronomy, engineering and physics.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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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
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-01710-6
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-81636-X
Language:
English
