LWIR and MWIR ultraspectral Fourier transform imager

Andrew D. Meigs; Leonard John Otten III; Tatyana Yu. Cherezova; Bruce Rafert; R. Glenn Sellar

doi:10.1117/12.298109

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31 December 1997 LWIR and MWIR ultraspectral Fourier transform imager

Andrew D. Meigs, Leonard John Otten III, Tatyana Yu. Cherezova, Bruce Rafert, R. Glenn Sellar

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Proceedings Volume 3221, Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.298109
Event: Aerospace Remote Sensing '97, 1997, London, United Kingdom

Abstract

Kestrel Corporation has designed and is now building a dual- band infrared Fourier transform ultraspectral imager for aircraft deployment. Designed for installation in a Cessna 206, this instrument will have a 15 degree FOV, with an IFOV of 1.0 mrad. The target spectral resolution is better than 1.5 cm^-1 over 2000 to 3000 cm^-1 and 0.4 cm^-1 over 850 to 1250 cm(superscript -1$. using 512 spectral channels. The device will use a variety of spectral enhancement techniques to achieve this unprecedented spectral resolution. Computer simulations of the optical systems demonstrates sub-wavenumber resolutions and signal to noise ratios of over 900.

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Andrew D. Meigs, Leonard John Otten III, Tatyana Yu. Cherezova, Bruce Rafert, and R. Glenn Sellar "LWIR and MWIR ultraspectral Fourier transform imager", Proc. SPIE 3221, Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites, (31 December 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.298109

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