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It was not known until the discovery by William Herschel in 1800 that heat is a form of electromagnetic energy. Radiation in the infrared (IR) region with wavelength ranging from about 0.8 to 4000 μm constitutes that part of the electromagnetic spectrum which shows the greatest heating effect. Ever since this discovery, a large number of useful devices(1) have emerged. One very important class of these devices used for detection and imaging purposes is based on the fact that all bodies at temperatures above absolute zero emit radiation in the IR region which can be detected using suitable detectors.
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Chopra, K.L., Kaur, I. (1983). Thermal Devices. In: Chopra, K.L., Kaur, I. (eds) Thin Film Device Applications. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3682-2_7
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