Electrical engineers at Duke University report they have built a record-setting pyroelectric photodetector that uses trapped ...

A new ultrathin photodetector from Duke University can sense light across the entire electromagnetic spectrum and generate a signal in just 125 picoseconds, making it the fastest pyroelectric detector ...

In theory, the functioning of a pyroelectric detector is absolutely comprehensible. As the centrepiece in gas analysers, flame sensors, spectral analysis devices as well as non-contact temperature ...

Infrared detection is quietly proving itself to be one of the most versatile and reliable technologies available for ...

Metasurfaces featuring tailored silver nanocubes could allow thermal photodetectors to approach speeds akin to traditional digital cameras. (Nanowerk News) Electrical engineers at Duke University have ...