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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791760303321

Titolo

Seeing photons [[electronic resource] ] : progress and limits of visible and infrared sensor arrays / / Committee on Developments in Detector Technologies, Standing Committee on Technology Insight--Gauge, Evaluate, and Review, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2010

ISBN

0-309-16230-0

1-282-88564-2

9786612885648

0-309-15305-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (195 p.)

Disciplina

621.38928

Soggetti

Infrared technology - Research

Infrared detectors - Research

Photons - Research

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Acronyms""; ""Summary""; ""1 National Security Context of Detector Technologies""; ""2 Fundamentals of Ultraviolet, Visible, and Infrared Detectors""; ""3 Key Current Technologies and Evolutionary Developments""; ""4 Emerging Technologies with Potentially Significant Impacts""; ""5 The Global Landscape of Detector Technologies""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members""; ""Appendix B: Meetings and Participating Organizations""

""Appendix C: Background Information on Radiation Hardening for Detectors""