Abstract:
An apparatus for detecting radiation and a change in position of the radiation source movable along a path has a radiationsensitive electronic semiconductor. A bridge circuit having resistances is formed from the semiconductor and these resistances are grouped into two pairs of mutually adjacent resistances. Two of the resistances, one from each of the pairs, have respective elongated surface portions disposed one adjacent the other along a common line. The surface portions jointly cover the range over which the radiation source is movable. The apparatus is positionable to have the surfaces face the radiation so that the line is substantially parallel to the path over which the radiation source is movable.
Abstract:
A radiation detector for sensing radiation has a plurality of radiation-sensitive resistances arranged in a bridge circuit, the latter being formed from a crystal so as to be a monolithic entity. The crystal consists of a material having a resistivity sensitive to radiation, whereby the bridge circuit becomes electrically unbalanced when a portion of the resistances is placed in the path of the radiation.
Abstract:
A receiver for an infrared transmission system, particularly for a system in which polarization-modulated radiation is provided with a laser as the radiation source, comprises a magnetic system having at least one pole around which are arranged two pairs of OEN or Ettinghausen-Nernst detectors or PEM or homogenous crystal body detectors including radiation sensitive crystals and respective analyzers. The detectors are arranged with their polarization directions being mutually perpendicular, and the crystals of each pair have a common polarization direction.