Expanded applications for high performance VOx microbolometer FPAs

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5783, Issue PART I, 2005, Pages 448-459

  Murphy, D ^a   Ray, M ^a   Kennedy, A ^a   Wyles, J ^a   Hewitt, C ^a   Wyles, R ^a   Gordon, E ^a   Sessler, T ^a   Baur, S ^a   Van Lue, D ^a   Anderson, S ^a   Chin, R ^a   Gonzalez, H ^a   Le Pere, C ^a   Ton, S ^a   Kostrzewa, T ^a  

^a RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT TEST IMAGERY; MICROBOLOMETERS; MWIR; TWO-BAND ASSEMBLY;

ARRAYS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INFRARED DETECTORS; INFRARED IMAGING;

BOLOMETERS;

EID: 26444551148     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.609462     Document Type: Conference Paper

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