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Language:enStatus: Standard
Term: normalized detectivity
Synonym1: specific detectivity
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Synonym2: D-star
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Symbol: D*
Definition: a figure of merit often used to characterize optical detector performance defined by the formula:

D =D AΔf MathType@MTEF@5@5@+=feaagCart1ev2aqatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLnhiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXatLxBI9gBaerbbjxAHXgarqqtubsr4rNCHbGeaGqipG0dh9qqWrVepG0dbbL8F4rqqrVepeea0xe9LqFf0xc9q8qqaqFn0lXdHiVcFbIOFHK8Feea0dXdar=Jb9hs0dXdHuk9fr=xfr=xfrpeWZqaaeqabiGaciGacaqadmaadaqaaqaaaOqaaiaadseadaahaaWcbeqaaiabgEHiQaaakiabg2da9iaadseadaGcaaqaaiaadgeacqGHflY1caqGuoGaamOzaaWcbeaaaaa@3E3B@

where D is the detectivity, A the area of the photosensitive region of the detector and Δf the effective noise bandwidth


Publication date:1991-10
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Internal notes:2016-01-25: Spelling of "normalised" (3 hits) harmonized to "normalized" (15 hits). Symbol corrected from <i>D'</i> to <i>D</i>*. JGO

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