Reaching for the sensitivity limits of uncooled and minimally-cooled thermal and photon infrared detectors

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5783, Issue PART I, 2005, Pages 401-411

  Horn, S ^a   Lohrmann, D ^a   Norton, P ^a   McCormack, K ^a   Hutchinson, A ^b  

^a US Army Research Development and Engineering Command   (United States)

^b DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTON INFRARED DETECTORS; SYSTEM NOISE; THERMAL DETECTORS; THERMAL FLUCTUATIONS;

COOLING SYSTEMS; INFRARED RADIATION; PHOTONS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

INFRARED DETECTORS;

EID: 26444493552     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.609467     Document Type: Conference Paper

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