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- noun Plural form of
photodetector .
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Vacuum chamber containing an atomic force microscope with fifty thousand independently movable tips, arrays of solid-state lasers and photodetectors, and thousands of micro-wells stocked with samples of all the stable chemical elements.
Archive 2010-06-01 Blue Tyson 2010
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Vacuum chamber containing an atomic force microscope with fifty thousand independently movable tips, arrays of solid-state lasers and photodetectors, and thousands of micro-wells stocked with samples of all the stable chemical elements.
Free Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Crystal Nights - Greg Egan Blue Tyson 2010
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The company, which used germanium in a different way than Intel, says it reduces noise by 50% to 70% compared to existing avalanche photodetectors.
IBM Researchers Claim Chip Advance Paul Glader 2010
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Multi-channel or multi-filter instruments typically consist of several filtered photodetectors that measure radiation in selected wavelength bands [6].
Long-term change and variability in surface UV irradiance in the Arctic 2009
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Northwestern University researchers have made significant strides in the development of quantum dot infrared photodetectors -- technology that may provide new imaging techniques with applications in medical and biological imaging, environmental and chemical monitoring, night vision and infrared imaging from space.
May 17th, 2007 2007
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Making strides in quantum dot infrared photodetectors
May 17th, 2007 2007
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Called "Remote Touch," the device incorporates a laser pointer, a specially designed transparent sheet that fits over the display, and control options at the edge of the screen that are sensed by position-sensitive photodetectors.
Material World: Remote Control Finally Makes TV Mindless Tracy Staedter 2008
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Parallel transceivers use four 2.5-Gbps lasers and four photodetectors.
Finisar Follows A Path To Its Next Double Charlie Burger 2006
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The scanner's photodetectors digitize and record this pattern.
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The rear and front surfaces of an object are covered with a material containing an array of photodetectors and light emitters respectively.
Boing Boing: September 1, 2002 - September 7, 2002 Archives 2002
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