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Infrared Detectors and Systems (Wiley Series in Pure and Applied Optics)

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The authors give a comprehensive and still very up to date summary of the entire field of infrared detectors. Both experimentalists and theorists can benefit from the text. All the major detector types are covered, with clear explanations of their underlying principles.

The early chapters on basic device physics could perhaps have been omitted or shortened. The rest of the book assumes a readership that is at least at the graduate level, and who should surely know the early material.

The book also explains the latest ideas in the field of superlattices and quantum heterostructure design. This started in the 1980s and has produced quite useful devices.

I quite like this book.
For example, it has a very nice discussion of radiometry. It even has sample questions so that you can verify your understanding.
On a number of topics, it has a clear discussion that has enough depth that you will not need additional references. This includes the ideas of NEP and detector noise.