Detection of buried land mines using a dual-band LWIR/LWIR QWIP focal plane array

Infrared Physics and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 427-437

  Goldberg, Arnold ^a   Uppal, Parvez N ^b   Winn, Michael ^b  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BAE SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Buried land mines; Countermine technology; Dual band infrared; Mine detection; QWIP

Indexed keywords

MINES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SOILS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS;

INFRARED DETECTORS;

EID: 0141973682     PISSN: 13504495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4495(03)00174-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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