Cold shield effectiveness in MWIR cameras

Yifal Jeff Shaham; M. Umbricht; Stephen F. Rudin

doi:10.1117/12.188675

17 October 1994 Cold shield effectiveness in MWIR cameras

Yifal Jeff Shaham, M. Umbricht, Stephen F. Rudin

Proceedings Volume 2269, Infrared Technology XX; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.188675
Event: SPIE's 1994 International Symposium on Optics, Imaging, and Instrumentation, 1994, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

To minimize the noise of a PtSi IR camera we examined all the sources of radiation reaching the detector. In particular, we suspected that the cold shield which is supposed to be (nearly) 100% black -- was not. In long wavelength FLIRs where the scene radiation is the main source of noise this was never an issue. In MWIR cameras this could be a source of added noise. The problem was to evaluate the noise contribution of the reflected radiation from the cold shield by sensor measurements. To this end we replaced the lens by an equivalent black (painted) tube which was temperature controlled (heated) and was outside the FOV of the cold shield. The mean charge in the center of the FPA was evaluated as a function of the temperature of the tube. The analysis of the test data showed that the cold shield reflectance is one percent, a low value. As utilized in our IR camera, this commercially available cold shield was determined to be effective in keeping the noise low.

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Yifal Jeff Shaham, M. Umbricht, and Stephen F. Rudin "Cold shield effectiveness in MWIR cameras", Proc. SPIE 2269, Infrared Technology XX, (17 October 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.188675

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Reflectivity

Staring arrays

Sensors

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Infrared technology

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