An infrared remote sensor with high integration and multi-spectral bands

Lisha Zhang; Zhaojun Liu; Wenpo Ma; Shaofan Tang; Bin Hu

doi:10.1117/12.2070981

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18 November 2014 An infrared remote sensor with high integration and multi-spectral bands

Lisha Zhang, Zhaojun Liu, Wenpo Ma, Shaofan Tang, Bin Hu

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Proceedings Volume 9299, International Symposium on Optoelectronic Technology and Application 2014: Optical Remote Sensing Technology and Applications; 92990H (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2070981
Event: International Symposium on Optoelectronic Technology and Application 2014, 2014, Beijing, China

Abstract

Along with the further application of optical remote sensing, it becomes main trend to realize high spatial resolution, high time resolution, high spectrum resolution and high irradiance sensitivity simultaneously. We present a new satellite-based imaging system that will provide images with these high performances. The structure of the system is compact with small size and light weight. The IR imager, a new generation of high resolution optical remote sensing, is universally acknowledged as the most effective approach to surveil dynamic changes in the environment on the earth. Pushbroom imaging fashion with high efficiency and long-array focal plane detector with passive cooling are adopted to realize area imaging relevant to the flight direction of satellite. The instrument is a dual-optical-path system with long-wave infrared (LWIR) and mid-short-wave infrared (MW-SWIR) bands，which has 4 narrow spectrum bands respectively. An IR dichroic beam-splitter is use to divide wideband incident infrared into LWIR and MW-SWIR. Then two pieces of joint filters, which are integrated in front of detectors and then enveloped by IR Dewars, are used to divide the LWIR and MWIR into 4 spectral bands separately. The focal plane arrays (FPA) are fixed on the optical imaging plane of the lens. The LWIR and MW-SWIR FPA are cooled around 80K or even below. For cooled FPA, optical system must provide a real, accessible exit pupil coupled with a fast f/number refractive component in a Dewar and very close to the FPA. Compared to traditional infrared instruments, high spatial resolution and spectrum resolution can be obtained simultaneously within mass, volume and performance constraints.

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Lisha Zhang, Zhaojun Liu, Wenpo Ma, Shaofan Tang, and Bin Hu "An infrared remote sensor with high integration and multi-spectral bands", Proc. SPIE 9299, International Symposium on Optoelectronic Technology and Application 2014: Optical Remote Sensing Technology and Applications, 92990H (18 November 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2070981

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