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This chapter is intended as an overview of techniques for detection of photons, from the infrared to the ultraviolet and extreme ultraviolet. We discuss the vacuum photon detectors, gaseous photon detectors, and semiconductor sensors, as well as recent progress in novel photon detection methods.

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The authors wish to thank A. Stanovnik and G. Kramberger for useful discussions. A. Stanovnik was also – as usual – kind enough to carefully read and comment the chapter.

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  1. Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia

    Samo Korpar

  2. J. Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Samo Korpar

  3. Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Peter Križan

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  1. Center for Particle Physics, University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany

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  2. IRFU, CEA Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

    Maxim Titov

  3. Department of Physics, University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany

    Claus Grupen

  4. Unité Imagerie Moléculaire In Vivo, Orsay, France

    Irène Buvat

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Korpar, S., Križan, P. (2021). Photon Detectors. In: Fleck, I., Titov, M., Grupen, C., Buvat, I. (eds) Handbook of Particle Detection and Imaging. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93785-4_13

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