Spectral selectivity in infrared thermal detection

Light: Science and Applications

Volumn 1, Issue AUGUST, 2012, Pages

  Talghader, Joseph J ^a   Gawarikar, Anand S ^a   Shea, Ryan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Infrared detectors; Infrared materials; Radiation noise; Thermal detectors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878117350     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20477538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/lsa.2012.24     Document Type: Review

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