Modulation transfer function measurement of an infrared focal plane array by use of the self–imaging property of a canted periodic target

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 631-637

  Guérineau, Nicolas ^a   érôme Primot, J ^a   Tauvy, Michel ^a   Caes, Marcel ^a  

^a ONERA   (France)

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EID: 0042688970     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.000631     Document Type: Article

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