Applications of MCT and QWIP to ballistic missile defense

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3379, Issue , 1998, Pages 434-440

  Dyer, Walter R ^a   Tidrow, Meimei Z ^b  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ballistic missile defense; Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO); Detector; Focal Plane Arrays (FPA); HgCdTe; Interceptor seeker; IR sensors; Multicolor IR detection; Quantum Well Infrared Photodetectors (QWJPs)

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; BALLISTICS; CADMIUM; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; DETECTORS; FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS; FOCUSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; INFRARED DETECTORS; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; MILITARY ROCKETS; MISSILES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTODETECTORS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WIRES; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE; BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE ORGANIZATION (BMDO); DETECTOR; FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS (FPA); HGCDTE; INTERCEPTOR SEEKER; IR SENSORS; MULTICOLOR IR DETECTION; QUANTUM WELL INFRARED PHOTODETECTORS (QWJPS);

SENSORS;

EID: 22744442295     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.317611     Document Type: Conference Paper

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