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That depends on what range of wavelengths (frequencies) you want to detect.

It's almost impossible to build a detector that responds to all wavelengths, so

you select the band you're interested in, and build a detector optimized for that

range of the spectrum.

Here are a few examples of detectors, by wavelength:

-- very longest, down to 1 millimeter . . . . . a radio receiver

-- 1 millimeter down to 750 nanometers . . . . . absorbent material and a thermometer

-- 750 nanometers down to 350 nanometers . . . . . your eyes, camera, photo-film, etc

-- 350 nanometers down to 10 nanometers . . . . . ultraviolet techniques

-- 10 nanometers down to 0.01 nanometer . . . . . X-ray film or crystallography

-- less than 0.01 nanometer . . . . . photomultipliers detect light produced

when gamma rays impact crystalline material.

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