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Thermal detectors Their responses depend upon the heating effect of radiation. Thermal detectors can be used over a wide range of wavelengths and they operate at room temperature. With these devices, the radiation is absorbed by a small blackbody and resultant temperature rise is measured. The radiation power level is very small (10-7 – 10-9 W). Heat capacity of absorbing element must be small because under best of conditions the temperature changes are confined to a few thousandths of a Kelvin. Size and thickness is made to be small and concentrating the IR beam on its surface. 77 Main d