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mfb- t1_j7ycwvt wrote

Microbolometers measure the temperature change when radiation hits them, with very sensitive devices this can be used to measure the energy of individual photons - even in the infrared, higher energies (visible light, UV, ...) are easier than that.

Various x-ray and gamma detectors routinely measure the photon energy, or equivalently the wavelength.

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