1 Introduction. - 2 Detector Performance. - 2. 1 Introduction. - 2. 2 Responsivity. - 2. 3 Noise Equivalent Power (NEP) and Noise Equivalent Irradiance (NEI). - 2. 4 Detectivity. - 2. 5 Specific Detectivity. - 2. 6 Response Time And Frequency Response. - 2. 7 Spectral Response. - 2. 8 Detector Noise Sources. - 2. 9 Summary. - 3 Thermal Detectors. - 3. 1 Introduction. - 3. 2 Thermopile. - 3. 3 Bolometer. - 3. 4 Golay Cell. - 3. 5 Pyroelectric Detectors. - 4 Photoemissive Detectors. - 4. 1 Introduction. - 4. 2 Principle of Operation. - 4. 3 Conventional Photocathodes. - 4. 4 Negative Electron Affinity Devices. - 4. 5 Photoemissive Devices and Applications. - 4. 6 Imaging Tubes. - 5 Solid State Photon Detectors. - 5. 1 Introduction. - 5. 2 Photoconductors. - 5. 3 Junction Detectors. - 5. 4 Metal Insulator Semiconductor Detectors. - 5. 5 Examples of Photon Detectors. - 5. 6 Staring Arrays. - 5. 7 Applications of Photon Detectors. - 6 Conclusions. - References. - Selected Abstracts. Language: English