Room Temperature Photon Detectors

Room Temperature Photon Detectors provides an overview of the performance of emerging new-generation room-temperature photodetectors generally called low-dimensional solid (LDS) photodetectors among which the most important are two-dimensional materials, perovskites, and quantum dots/nanowires operating in a wide spectral range from ultraviolet (UV) to visible (VIS), far infrared (FIR), and terahertz (THz). The LDS photodetectors performed better at room temperature than did standard commercial photodetectors. This book describes the peculiarities of the physical properties of LDS materials and their impacts on photodetectors’ performance. It also undertakes a comprehensive analysis of these performances against the standard photodetectors dominating the global market. Currently, intensive efforts are being made to reduce the cost of imaging systems, particularly in the infrared (IR) range, to increase their operating temperature by reducing size, weight, and power consumption. This raises the question of whether the emergence of a new generation of LDS photodetectors will result in their rapid commercialization and serious competition for the standardized bulk photodetectors. This book attempts to answer those issues/questions. Features defines the importance of LDS photodetectors in the broad group of standard UV, VIS, IR, and THz photodetectors and includes their advantages/disadvantages; covers different types of photodetectors, including the relevant aspects of theory, materials, physical properties, and detector fabrication; serves as an invaluable resource for graduate students in physics and engineering, as well as a guide for those already working with sensors and systems, thermal imaging, remote sensing, optical telecommunications, and light detection.