Figure 12
RMS energy fluctuations (left) and detectivity (right) vs. cutoff wavelength for an ideal semiconductor absorber (ε=1 for λ<λcutoff and 0 elsewhere). The detector is at room temperature (290 K) while the background is plotted at 290 K (blue), 800 K (green) and 1300 K (red). RMS, root mean square.
