Electronic – IR-near visible light detection

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I want to detect light near 10 micrometer wavelength. It seems like photodiodes are mainly targeted for 1 micrometer range. Is there any detector/sensor for 10 micrometer wavelength ?

Best Answer

Certainly there are microbolometers for this spectral range. They are called PIR sensor and are cheap and readily available as they are used in motion detectors. See for example this (first Google result) sensor: 5-14µm