System Limitations Of Infrared Detectors

George R. Pruett

doi:10.1117/12.955845

9 November 1977 System Limitations Of Infrared Detectors

George R. Pruett

Proceedings Volume 0124, Modern Utilization of Infrared Technology III; (1977) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.955845
Event: 21st Annual Technical Symposium, 1977, San Diego, United States

Abstract

Thermal imaging systems for industrial and military applications have capabilities not envisioned twenty years ago. Much of this rapid growth in capabilities is a direct result of synergistic coupling between system and detector design engineers funded by the United States Department of Defense. In many designs both the detector and the system optical designs have been pushed to levels very near their fundamental limits. It is therefore, advantageous to spell out some of the fundamental limitations on detectors to avoid the needless design iterations which result when only the equations (without boundry values) are manipulated in the quest to meet the system packaging and sensitivity requirements.

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George R. Pruett "System Limitations Of Infrared Detectors", Proc. SPIE 0124, Modern Utilization of Infrared Technology III, (9 November 1977); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.955845

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