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Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
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Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook, Second Edition, 2nd Edition

by John G. Webster, Halit Eren
February 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
1921 pages
82h 13m
English
CRC Press
Content preview from Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
43-6 Optical
43.3.2 Lead Sulde
PbS was among the earliest IR detector material investigated. Cashman was one of the earliest research-
ers
in th
e
Un
ited
Sta
tes
. [1
2]
. i
s
in
trinsic
de
tector
ma
terial
is pr
epared
by de
position
of po
lycrystalline
th
in
l
ms
by va
cuum
su
blimation
or ch
emical
de
position
fr
om
a so
lution
. e sp
ectral
re
sponse
ex
tends
to ap
proximately
3 μm. Pb
S
op
erates
ov
er
th
e
te
mperature
ra
nge
fr
om
77 K to ro
om
te
mperature
. e
fr
equency
re
sponse
sl
ows
co
nsiderably
at th
e
lo
west
te
mperatures
. e sp
ectral
re
sponse
ex
tends
to
somewhat longer wavelengths with cooling.
43.3.3 Lead Selenide
PbSe is an intrinsic detector that operates over the temperature range from 77 K to room temperature.
It
s
sp
ectral
re
sponse
ex
tends
to lo
nger
wa
veleng ...
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