The Ultimate Sensitivity of Radiation Detectors
- 1 November 1947
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Journal of the Optical Society of America
- Vol. 37 (11), 879-890
- https://doi.org/10.1364/josa.37.000879
Abstract
An upper limit is obtained for the sensitivity of any radiation detector which satisfies Lambert’s law and whose effective area is independent of the wave-length of the radiation. Expressions for the minimum detectable power are given by Eqs. (3.8) and (5.4).Keywords
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