LBIR target generator and calibrator for preflight seeker tests

Bonnie S. Smietanowska; Leonard V. LaCroix; D. Gary Frodsham; David W. Perkes; Dean Shaffer

doi:10.1117/12.21848

1 September 1990 LBIR target generator and calibrator for preflight seeker tests

Bonnie S. Smietanowska, Leonard V. LaCroix, D. Gary Frodsham, David W. Perkes, Dean Shaffer

Proceedings Volume 1311, Characterization, Propagation, and Simulation of Infrared Scenes; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.21848
Event: 1990 Technical Symposium on Optics, Electro-Optics, and Sensors, 1990, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

The Low-background Scanning Point Source (LSPS), a field-portable low-background target generator designed to allow vehicle-level ground test and checkout of infrared seekers, is discussed. The LSPS can be used to simulate a room-temperature point source moving at a constant rate against an exoatmospheric background or as a point-source calibration change. It incorporates a cryogenically cooled off-axis Gregorian collimator and a dual-axis scan mirror viewed through a zinc selenide window. An analysis is presented of its optical and radiometric performance, and its integration to the vehicle is discussed.

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Bonnie S. Smietanowska, Leonard V. LaCroix, D. Gary Frodsham, David W. Perkes, and Dean Shaffer "LBIR target generator and calibrator for preflight seeker tests", Proc. SPIE 1311, Characterization, Propagation, and Simulation of Infrared Scenes, (1 September 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.21848

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