Abstract
Terminological aspects of the definitions of responsivity and detectivity of radiation detectors and photodetection devices are discussed. It is shown that existing terms and definitions leave a certain ambiguity in the functional relationship between detectivity and the threshold flux, and that this ambiguity leads to inconsistency in the definitions of the indicated threshold characteristics.
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Translated from Izmeritel'naya Tekhnika, No. 6, pp. 28–30, June, 1999.
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Borisov, V.A., Dolganin, Y.N. Terminological aspects of estimating the threshold characteristics of radiation detectors. Meas Tech 42, 551–554 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02504411
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