Characterization of digital-micromirror device-based infrared scene projector

Optical Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2005, Pages

  Folks, William R ^a   López Alonso, José Manuel ^b   Monacelli, Brian ^a   Weeks, Arthur ^a   Zummo, Guy ^a   Mullally, Daniel ^a   Boreman, Glenn D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Infrared scene projection; Scene generation; Spatial light modulator

Indexed keywords

IMAGE QUALITY; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT MODULATORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; PROJECTION SYSTEMS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

DIGITAL MICROMIRROR DEVICE; INFRARED SCENE PROJECTION; SCENE GENERATION;

OPTICAL PROJECTORS;

EID: 33644764651     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2013249     Document Type: Article

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