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Fundaments of infrared and terahertz detection. Radiometry. Infrared systems fundamentals. Infrared detector characterization. Fundamental performance limitations of infrared detectors. Heterodyne detection. Infrared thermal detectors. Thermopiles. Bolometers. Pyroelectric detectors. Pneumatic detectors. Novel thermal detectors. Infrared photon detectors. Theory of photon detectors. Intrinsic silicon and germanium detectors. Extrinsic silicon and germanium detectors. Photoemissive detectors. III-V detectors. HgCdTe detectors. IV-VI detectors. Quantum well infrared photodetectors. Superlattice photovoltaic detectors. Infrared barrier photodetectors. Quantum dot infrared photodetectors. . Infrared focal plane arrays. Overview of focal plane array architectures. Thermal detector focal plane arrays. Photon detector focal plane arrays. Third generation infrared detectors. Terahertz detectors and focal plane arrays. THz detectors. Terahertz focal plane arrays