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26 July 1999Infrared detectors in the next millennium
IR radiation was discovered less than 200 years ago by Herschel. This century, along with many other technical advances, IR technology has made incredible progress. Where is this technology headed. What will drive the progress and what will limit it. What will not change in the third millennium. And what changes are anticipated in the next ten to twenty years.
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Paul R. Norton, "Infrared detectors in the next millennium," Proc. SPIE 3698, Infrared Technology and Applications XXV, (26 July 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.354568