Since the discovery of Rochelle salt a century ago, ferroelectric materials have been
investigated extensively due to their robust responses to electric, mechanical, thermal …

Identifying reliable and sustainable sources of electricity is a significant challenge of the
present time. However, most energy-generation mechanisms produce unavoidable low …

This new edition of Infrared and Terahertz Detectors provides a comprehensive overview of
infrared and terahertz detector technology, from fundamental science to materials and …

Infrared Detectors provides comprehensive coverage of this important aspect of infrared
technology, including details of recent research efforts directed toward improving the …

Pyroelectric materials are important functional materials that can generate an electrical
response upon a temperature change. Among the many different types of pyroelectric …

Over the past two decades, several advances have been made in micromachined sensors
and actuators. As the field of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) has advanced, a …

One of the least-known properties of solid materials, pyroelectricity is rigorously defined as
the temperature dependence of the spontaneous polarization in certain anisotropic solids. 1 …

The perovskite structure is one of the most wonderful to exist in nature. It obeys to a quite
simple chemical formula, ABX 3, in which A and B are metallic cations and X, an anion …

Development of focal plane arrays started in seventies last century and has revolutionized
imaging systems in the next decades. This paper presents progress in optical detector …

Terahertz (THz) technology is one of emerging technologies that will change our life. A lot of
attractive applications in security, medicine, biology, astronomy, and non-destructive …