MODERN SEMICONDUCTOR THERMOELECTRIC RADIATION DETECTORS

This paper considers the results of work on semiconductor thermoelectr ic detectors, obtained in our country in the last 10-15 years. Informa tion is given on the characteristics of rod-shaped and thin-film therm al radiation detectors for spectrometry, actinometry and radiometry (o r heat-flow measurement). Thermoelectric semiconductor devices are con sidered for laser- engineering position- and coordinate-sensitive radi ation detectors, as well as methods for equalizing their sensitivity o ver the spectrum and over the area when the radiation characteristics of lasers are measured. The characteristics of a thermoelectric radiat ion detector and an absolute thermoelectric detector are given.