A
pressure-sensitive detector used to detect intermittent radiation absorbed in a black body or in the sample concerned.
The resulting rapid temperature change produces a transient pressure oscillation that
is observed with the help of a microphone, or a piezoelectric device.
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1745
(Nomenclature, symbols, units and their usage in spectrochemical analysis-XI. Detection
of radiation (IUPAC Recommendations 1995))
on page 1752