TY - CHAP AU - Durini, Daniel AU - Arutinov, David TI - Chapter 1: Fundamental principles of photosensing VL - 60 CY - UK PB - Woodhead Publishing Ltd. Elsevier Imprint M1 - FZJ-2014-03360 SN - 978-0-85709-598-5 T2 - Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials SP - 3 - 24 PY - 2014 AB - This chapter discusses the fundamental theory behind photosensing and imaging. It starts with a brief overview of the human vision system, and continues with the basic ideas behind photometry and radiometry used as radiation measuring systems. Next, it presents a brief history of phototransduction explaining the origins of solid-state photosensing through the development of quantum mechanics and the different applications of the photoelectric effect, and mentions someimportant developments in the fi eld of photodetectors prior to silicon based microelectronics. LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)7 UR - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/153886 ER -