Description

Comprehensive Photon Detection Overview

Detection of Light provides a unified treatment of the detection of light, covering approaches from the ultraviolet to the submillimeter spectral regions.

Updated and Expanded Edition

This second edition discusses recently introduced detector types, including superconducting tunnel junctions, hot electron bolometer mixers, and fully depleted CCDs.

Historical and Modern Devices

The book includes historically important devices like photographic plates and explores their significance in the context of modern photon detection.

Self-Contained and Accessible

This text assumes only an undergraduate level of physics and develops understanding as it is needed, making it suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate students.