Development of mid-wavelength and long-wavelength megapixel portable QWIP imaging cameras

Infrared Physics and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 67-75

  Gunapala, S D ^a   Bandara, S V ^a   Liu, J K ^a   Hill, C J ^a   Rafol, S B ^a   Mumolo, J M ^a   Trinh, J T ^a   Tidrow, M Z ^b   Levan, P D ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Infrared imaging camera; Long wavelength infrared; Megapixel; Mid wavelength infrared; QWIPs

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; CAMERAS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INFRARED RADIATION; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BACKGROUND LIMITED PERFORMANCE (BLIP); LONG-WAVELENGTH INFRARED (LWIR); MID-WAVELENGTH INFRARED (MWIR); NOISE EQUIVALENT TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE (NETD);

INFRARED DETECTORS;

EID: 24344438115     PISSN: 13504495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infrared.2005.02.012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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