Comments on "Absolute linearity measurements on a PbS detector in the infrared"
Applied Optics, Vol. 46, Issue 25, pp. 6483-6484 (2007)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.46.006483
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Abstract
A recent publication [Appl. Opt. 45, 2381 (2006)] on detector nonlinearity contains serious misunderstandings of an earlier work [Appl. Spectrosc. 51, 576 (1997)] with regard to the relative importance of photon flux versus photon irradiance as the major cause of these nonlinearities. This comment provides some clarification for the readers to correctly understand the techniques used in the 1997 paper and explains why the Theocharous statement was incorrect.
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OCIS Codes
(040.3060) Detectors : Infrared
(040.5160) Detectors : Photodetectors
(120.0120) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology
(320.7130) Ultrafast optics : Ultrafast processes in condensed matter, including semiconductors
ToC Category:
Detectors
History
Original Manuscript: May 10, 2007
Manuscript Accepted: June 2, 2007
Published: August 31, 2007
Citation
Zhuomin M. Zhang, "Comments on "Absolute linearity measurements on a PbS detector in the infrared"," Appl. Opt. 46, 6483-6484 (2007)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-46-25-6483
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