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Status of the pyroelectric sensors is reviewed in brief. In this content the existing new materials, their pyroelectric properties, and figure of merit for various pyroelectric devices are compared. The assemblage components of a single pyroelectric sensor are reviewed and the discussions are extended to incorporate the large area and the multi-element devices suitable for wide range of applications.

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Lee, M., Guo, R. & Bhalla, A. Pyroelectric Sensors. Journal of Electroceramics 2, 229–242 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009922522642

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