Combatting infrared focal plane array nonuniformity noise in imaging polarimeters

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5888, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-10

  Ratliff, Bradley M ^a   Kumar, Rakesh ^b   Black, Wiley ^a   Boger, James K ^a,b   Tyo, J Scott ^b  

^a APPLIED TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b MSC01 1070   (United States)

Author keywords

Infrared Polarimetry; Nonuniformity Noise; Polarimetry; Polarization; Remote Sensing

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; IMAGING SYSTEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOTODETECTORS; POLARIMETERS; POLARIZATION; REMOTE SENSING;

ARRAY POLARIMETERS; FOCAL PLANE ARRAY (FPA); INFRARED POLARIMETRY; NONUNIFORMITY NOISE;

INFRARED DETECTORS;

EID: 29244457223     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.613075     Document Type: Conference Paper

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