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Record 1 2012-04-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photoelectricity and Electron Optics
CONT

There's a convenient way to remember the significance of D[star]. Recall that it is the signal-to-noise ratio when one watt of radiation is incident on a detector with a sensitive area of 1 cm² and the noise is measured with an electrical bandwidth of 1 herts. Thus, the term D[star] is a normalized detectivity that's convenient for comparing the performance of detectors with different areas when used in circuits with different bandwidths.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photo-électricité et optique électronique
DEF

Détectivité normalisée en fonction de la surface unitaire et de la largeur de bande unitaire.

Spanish

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