Voltage division position sensitive detectors based on photoconductive materials - Part I: Principle of operation

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 188-193

  Salvatori, Stefano ^a,b   Mazzeo, Giovanni ^c   Conte, Gennaro ^b  

^a IEEE

^b INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

One dimensional position sensitive detector; Optical position measurement; Photoconducting devices

Indexed keywords

PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOTODETECTORS; POSITION MEASUREMENT; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

ONE DIMENSIONAL POSITION SENSITIVE DETECTORS; OPTICAL POSITION MEASUREMENT; SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

PHOTOCONDUCTING DEVICES;

EID: 38349167237     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2007.913014     Document Type: Article

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