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Applying the results of the previous chapters, we conclude with several examples of detector use in measurement systems. Common to most of the applications is the question of the optimum detection process, coherent or incoherent. The answer depends upon the wavelength, the spectral bandwidth, and the relative merits of sensitivity versus system complexity. Although we do not consider thermal detectors as such in this material, their use is obvious in cases where the ultimate in sensitivity is not essential. The final section on intensity interferometry is of special interest since it combines in one experiment several of the fundamental concepts developed in the text. These include the thermal-radiation field fluctuations of Chapter 7 and the target-scatter properties discussed in Chapter 10.
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Kingston, R.H. (1978). Selected Applications. In: Detection of Optical and Infrared Radiation. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 10. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-35948-7_11
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