The increasing popularity of infrared (IR) detectors in thermal imaging and pollution control is progressively stimulating the industry to enhance the detection efficiency, and ultimately the performance-cost ratio of IR cameras. Developing new IR-sensitive materials, operating at room temperature without cooling, is undoubtedly a winning strategy which this book adopts by investigating the properties of non-crystalline silicon, with emphasis on boron-doped hydrogenated amorphous silicon, used as resistive material for micro-bolometers. The contents are combined in order to drive...