Are the detectors linear?

Typically, when we talk about linearity we are referring to responsivity linearity. When the film runs out of free carriers that would be forced into conduction by incoming photons, the detector is pushed into the non-linear region. Incoming photons do not increase the detector response anymore. Please refer to technical note titled 'Linearity’ for a graph.

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