A comparison of the performance of infrared detectors for radiometric applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2815, Issue , 1996, Pages 56-68

  Theocharous, Evangelos ^a   Fox, Nigel P ^a   Prior, Tim R ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absolute response; Detector comparison; Filter radiometers; Infrared detectors; Infrared radiometry; Spatial uniformity of response

Indexed keywords

INFRARED DETECTORS; RADIOMETRY;

ABSOLUTE RESPONSE; ACCURACY OF MEASUREMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC WINDOW; DETECTOR TECHNOLOGY; FILTER RADIOMETERS; INFRARED RADIOMETRY; SPATIAL UNIFORMITY OF RESPONSE; WIDE SPECTRAL RANGE;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0346738437     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.257159     Document Type: Conference Paper

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