'The book is increased in breadth from earlier editions, and now covers the vast majority of the electromagnetic spectrum, from millimetre wavelengths to X-rays … it is undoubtedly authoritative, as expected from a leading practising expert in the field … underlying physics is explained at just the right depth required to understand each type of detector … [and] it gets beyond simplistic, generic descriptions to explain how and why real-world detectors have been refined in design, clarifying the strengths and weaknesses of each modification or increased layer of sophistication … the book could be usefully purchased as 'technical backup' by those involved in teaching, say, observational astronomy. It is also pitched at just the right level for masterslevel or postgraduate students pursuing work involving the development of astronomical instrumentation, or indeed any area of physics involving photon detection.' James S. Dunlop, The Observatory
Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Photo-detector basics; 3. Infrared (and optical) photodetectors; 4. Amplifiers, readouts, and arrays; 5. Charge coupled devices; 6. Other photodetectors; 7. Superconducting detectors; 8. Bolometers; 9. Visible and IR coherent receivers; 10. Submm- and Mm-wave heterodyne receivers; Appendices; Index.
