Abstract
This chapter is intented as an overview of techniques for detection of photons, from the infrared to the ultraviolet and extreme ultraviolet. We discuss the vacuum photon detectors, gaseous photon detectors, and semiconductor sensors, as well as recent progress in novel photon detection methods.
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The author wishes to thank A. Stanovnik, S. Korpar, and G. Kramberger for useful discussions. A. Stanovnik was also – as usual – kind enough to carefully read and comment the chapter.
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Križan, P. (2012). Photon Detectors. In: Grupen, C., Buvat, I. (eds) Handbook of Particle Detection and Imaging. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13271-1_13
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