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The purpose of all photodetectors is to detect radiant energy of either a specific wavelength, or over a broad band, and to produce an output signal which is proportional to the amount of energy absorbed. Hence, in order to specify and compare the performance of various detectors it is necessary to define certain figures of merit which describe this conversion efficiency and the magnitude of the signal-to-noise ratio from the detector in terms of the incident radiation power. Other important parameters are the spectral response and the speed of response of the device to a changing input signal.
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© 1986 Plenum Press, New York
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Dennis, P.N.J. (1986). Detector Performance. In: Photodetectors. Updates in Applied Physics and Electrical Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2171-2_2
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