光电探测-3.3光电池之前－WISE-General-Presentation_v1.0_full教案.ppt

Infrared Light In 1800 William Herschel discovered “invisible light” It’s energy with all the same characteristics as visible light, but is not sensed by the human eye The light Herschel discovered was just beyond the red part of the spectrum. So it was named “infrared” The Spectrum of Light “Visible light” is a tiny fraction of the Electromagnetic Spectrum Gamma rays--billions of waves per inch Radio waves--up to miles-long wavelengths The Physics of Light All objects in the Universe emit light depending on their temperature. Cool objects emit primarily long wavelength light Hot objects emit