The invention relates to a method for detecting and / or
processing signal waves that produce charge carriers in an article sensitive to the
signal waves, said charge carriers inducing a
signal current in at least one readout
electrode. At least two modulation electrodes are provided, at least one of which is disposed in the proximity of the at least one readout
electrode or to another readout
electrode in such a manner that, depending on the polarity sign of the modulation volatage of the respective modulation electrode, the current flowing across the associated readout electrode is positive or negative. The invention further relates to a device for detecting and
processing signal
waves. Said device comprises an OEP article that is sensitive to the signal waves, in which article the signal waves produce charge carriers, and at least one readout electrode (AK) that is linked with the
charge carrier range of the article. At least two modulation electrodes (MKa, MKb) are provided, at least one of which is disposed in the proximity of the at least one readout electrode (AK) and the other in the proximity either of the same readout electrode (AK) or of another readout electrode (AK2). The aim of the invention is to provide a method and a device that is capable of interlinking various optical and / or electronic signals in a logically digital or analogous manner or to detect the course of optical signals by scanning (time interval measurements). For this purpose, the modulation electrodes are modulated with relatively freely selectable
voltage amplitude and / or
phase relation, whereby the readout currents produced by the modulation voltages of the two modulation electrode are additively coupled. The inventive device is characterized in that the modulation electrodes are disposed relative to the readout electrode(s) in such a manner that, depending on the polarity sign of the modulation voltages of the respective modulation electrode, the current flowing across the associated readout electrode is positive or negative and that at least one device is provided by which the
relative phase relation and / or the
voltage amplitude of the two modulation voltages can be freely adjusted.