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ringer Series in
Optical Sciences
Detection of
Optical and lnfra Radiation
Springer Series in Optical Sciences
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Edited by David L. MacAdam Editorial Board: J. M. Enoch D. L. MacAdam A. L. Schawlow T. Tamir 1 Solid-state Laser Engineering By W. Koechner 2 Table of Laser Lines in Gases and Vapors 2nd Edition By R, Beck, W. Englisch, and K. Giirs 3 Tunable Lasers and Applications Editors: A. Mooradian, T. Jaeger, and P. Stokseth 4 Nonlinear Laser Spectroscopy By V. S. Letokhov and V. P. Chebotayev 5 Optics and Lasers An Engineering Physics Approach By M. Young 6 Photoelectron Statistics With Applications to Spectroscopy and Optical Communication By B. Saleh 7 Laser Spectroscopy I11 Editors: J. L. Hall and J. L. Carlsten 8 Frontiers in Visual Science Editors: S. J. Cool and E. J. Smith I11 9 High-Power Lasers and Applications 2nd Printing Editors: K.-L. Kompa and H. Walther 10 Detection of Optical and Infrared Radiation 2nd Printing By R. H. Kingston 11 Matrix Theory of Photoelasticity By P. S. Theocaris and E. E. Gdoutos 12 The Monte Carlo Method in Atmospheric Optics By G. I. Marchuk, G. A. Mikhailov, M. A. Nazaraliev, R. A. Darbinian,B.A. Kargin, and B. S. Elepov 13 Physiological Optics By Y. Le Grand and S. G. El Hage 14 Laser Crystals Physics and Properties By A. A. Kaminskii 15 X-Ray Spectroscopy By B. K. Aganval 16 Holographic Interferometry From the Scope of Deformation Analysis of Opaque Bodies By W. Schumann and M. Dubas 17 Nonlinear Optics of Free Atoms and Molecules By D. C. Hanna, M. A. Yuratich, D. Cotter 18 Holography in Medicine and Biology Editor: G. von Bally 19 Color Theory and Its Application in Art and Design By G. A. Agoston 20 Interferometry by Holography By J. Ostrowskij, M. Butussov, G. Ostrowskaja 21 Laser Spectroscopy IV Editors: H. Walther, K. W. Rothe
Detection of
Optical and Infrared Radiation With 39 Figures
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Preface
Dr. ROBERTH. KINGSTON
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology,~LincolnLaboratory, Lexington, MA 02173, USA
Editorial Board JAYM. ENOCH,Ph. D.
Ph. D. ARTHURL. SCHAWLOW,
Department of Opthalmology, J. Hillis Miller Health Center University of Florida, P.O. Box 733 Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
Department of Physics, Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305, USA
DAVIDL. MACADAM, Ph. D.
THEODOR TAMIR,Ph. D.
68 Hammond Street, Rochester, NY 14615, USA
981 East Lawn Drive, Teaneck, NJ 07666, USA
Second Printing 1979
ISBN 3-540-08617-X Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York ISBN 0-387-08617-X Springer-Verlag New York Heidelberg Berlin Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data. Kingston, Robert Hildreth, 1928-. Detection of optical and infrared radiation. (Springer series in optical sciences; v. 10). Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Optical detectors. 2. Infra-red detectors. I. Title. TA1522.K56 621.36 78-1486 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically those of translation, reprinting, re-use of illustrations, broadcasting, reproduction by photocopying machine or similar means, and storage in data banks. Under 5 54 of the German Copyright Law, where copies are made for other than private use, a fee is payable to the publisher, the amount of the fee to be determined by agreement with the publisher. 0 by Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1978 Printed in Germany The use of registered hames, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulatio