MODERN SEMICONDUCTOR THERMOELECTRIC RADIATION DETECTORS

This paper considers the results of work on semiconductor thermoelectric detectors, obtained in our country in the last 10-15 years. Information is given on the characteristics of rod-shaped and thin-film thermal radiation detectors for spectrometry, actinometry and radiometry (or heat-flow measurement). Thermoelectric semiconductor devices are considered for laser- engineering position- and coordinate-sensitive radiation detectors, as well as methods for equalizing their sensitivity over the spectrum and over the area when the radiation characteristics of lasers are measured. The characteristics of a thermoelectric radiation detector and an absolute thermoelectric detector are given.