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Resources: Photoconductive Infrared Detectors and Emitters
- Technical Notes -
Detectivity
To Define Detector Signal-to-Noise Ratio (S/N)
Cooling the detector increases detectivity. See Figure below for typical D* vs. temperature characteristics of PbS/PbSe detectors.